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- Date: 26 Dec 92 11:26:46 EST (Sat)
- From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: GTE Rural Area Phones Go Digital
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- >> [GTE says] benefits: ...; no threat of calls being monitored
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- > So, let's see: the phone calls are transmitted over radio now, so that
- > eliminates that threat of them being monitored?
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- I suspect they were referring to monitoring by nosy neighbors on party
- lines. Phone calls are carried all over the place by microwave.
- Although it's certainly possible to snoop if you really want to, the
- tightly focused beams require the snooper to be close to the line of
- sight between the two dishes, and there are usually multiplexing
- schemes more complex than your usual Radio Shack scanner can decode.
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- Regards,
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- John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
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