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- From: daniel@compass-da.com (Daniel S. Barclay)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster 28.8 - 'blacklist'
- Date: 02 Apr 1996 11:58:57 -0500
- Organization: Compass Design Automation
- Sender: daniel@arcturus
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- In-reply-to: bubba@insync.net's message of Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:09:28 GMT
- To: bubba@insync.net
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- In article <315bdfc6.176341505@news.insync.net> bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield) writes:
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- ...
- > "BLACKLISTING" is a =required= (by law) feature in most countries,
- > its purpose being to prevent your modem from "war-dialing" a number
- > and thus prevent you from unnecessarily taxing the capabilities of the
- > telco switching equipment.
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- What does the term "war-dialing" come from?
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- Daniel
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- Daniel S. Barclay Compass Design Automation, Inc.
- daniel@compass-da.com Suite 100, 5457 Twin Knolls Rd. Columbia, MD 21045 USA
- "Its leaders were supposed to serve the country
- But now they were paying no mind
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- Now their vote is like a meaningless joke" - Steppenwolf, "Monster"
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