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Re: Just for discussion.



On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 12:01:49 PM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:

> >>
> >> Yes, good point Rocky,
> >> I have been in buildings that have had phone company punch down blocks
> >> with Teclo lines there that were for another building.=C2=A0 The numbe=
rs were
> >> totally unrelated to the in house business.=C2=A0 Telco just used it a=
s a
> >> splice block for the area.
> >=20
> > I've been in a lot of businesses like that.=C2=A0 Where the entire cabl=
e down=20
> > an alley is brought into every building on that street.=C2=A0 Its annoy=
ing as=20
> > hell, but it does allow for easier redistribution of resources as=20
> > businesses change.=C2=A0 It also allows for savy people to eavesdrop on=
=20
> > conversations and/or steal service with little effort.=C2=A0 I don't re=
call=20
> > the details, but some couple decades ago there was a federal regulation=
=20
> > change that phone companies had to make it easier for fed to execute=20
> > wiretaps.=C2=A0 I don't recall all the details, but that was around the=
 same=20
> > time I stared seeing a lot of 50 and 100 pair cables looped into new=20
> > buildings and new plant improvements projects.=C2=A0 I always thought t=
he two=20
> > were connected.=C2=A0 With the newer digital CO switches I always wonde=
red=20
> > why they just didn't have a data link into the COs.=C2=A0 Some rural=20
> > exchanges still had mechanical switches at the time though.
> >=20
> >=20
>=20
> Hi Bob,
> Thanks for the extra Tidd Bits, I just knew you would contribute
> some good stuff!!  It would seem that we ALL have seen the loop holes.
> I had a day "waaaaay back" that I was out in the country and no=20
> payphones around and I needed to make a phone call.  I was soooooo
> tempted to pop open Demarc on the nearest house, hook up my Butt Set and=
=20
> make the call.  BUT, I controlled myself!!!!  I am sure I wasn't the
> first to have the thought.  I am sure it has happened..... somewhere!!
>=20
> Les

I've had to do it a few times through the years. But I left a quarter in th=
e mail box.   =20

(NOT!;-)


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