Posted on 03/02/2006 10:06:09 AM PST by Desert_Girl
NEW YORK (March 2) - Last fall, U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy's office started getting phone calls from constituents who complained about receiving recorded phone messages that bad-mouthed Murphy.
The constituents were especially upset that the messages appeared to come from the congressman's own office. At least, that's what Caller ID said.
"People thought we were making the calls," Murphy said.
The calls, which the Pennsylvania Republican estimated in the thousands, were apparently placed with fake Caller ID . That has been possible for a long time, but it generally required special hardware and technical savvy...
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Can't the phone company figure out where they really came from?
Telephone companies can trace calls to their origin regardless of the Caller ID information they carry, but the process is laborious, especially since a call may be carried by several companies before reaching its destination.
All they've got to do is figure out a few of these jokers and then shoot them publicly. It'll stop.
But, by golly, the FCC will sure spend lots of time and money trying to regulate how television service providers package their services.
There are far too many federal agencies that have no sense of priority!
Tha call is coming from INSIDE the house!!
Interesting. I live in Murphy's district. I have received numerous annoying recorded phone calls trashing Murphy--blaming him for high gasoline prices, trying to tie him to Jack Abramoff--whatever the democrat talking point du jour was, and all obviously scripted. However, none of them registered a number on the caller ID.
"The Federal Communications Commission has never investigated the issue, spokeswoman Rosemary Kimball said."
That says it all...
In this case, it may be coming from inside the House.
Democrats are such mean nasty people, it's a wonder any of them gets elected.
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