On 16 Dec 96 10:42pm, Peter Kirk wrote to Bill Funk:
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BF>>  Again:
BF>>         IT'S ILLEGAL (BY THE ECPA) TO LISTEN TO CORDLESS PHONES.
 PK> WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
 PK> AS OF JAN 1996AD THEY DECIDED SINCE PEOPLE SCAN BETWEEN 40-50 MHZ FOR
 PK> FIRE/POLICE/EMS... THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER HAVE A LAW AGAINST THE
 PK> ORIG CORD PHONES... THE PRIVACY ACT NO LONGER APPLIES!!!!!!!  ALL NEW
 PK> CELL PHONES ARE NOW DIGITAL NOT ANALOG.... SAME WITH THE NEW CORDLESS
 PK> PHONES...
 PK> THE FCC HAS REMOVED THE PREV LAW BECAUSE OF THIS......
 You have some sort of cite for this?
 Where did you hear that all new cell and cordless phones are digital?
 Also, your logic fails: the prohibition is against monitoring the cordless
 *calls*, not the frequencies. There are no public service stations on the
 cordless frequencies, in any rate (not in the US, anyway).
 Phoenix area is going to start digital cellular service in JAnuary, but that
 by no means means that everyone will automatically switch over, nor does it
 mean that no new analog cell phones will be marketed.
 And there absolutely *are* many analog cordless phones out there being
 marketed.
 Sorry, what you say simply doesn't match the reality I live with.
Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
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