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   Jem Berkes to All   
   Re: Why can't the police or bell canada    
   09 Dec 06 13:29:44   
   
   XPost: can.internet.highspeed   
   From: jb@users.pc9.org   
      
   > I listened to about 5 or 10 seconds of the message, then tried to hang   
   > up and dial *69, but I found that I couldn't regain a dialtone unless   
   > I hung up for an unusually long time (10 full seconds).  Ok, that's   
   > strange.   
      
   As someone else mentioned, Caller ID can be easily forged. It should be   
   considered 'meta-data' (for convenience) but not reliable information.   
      
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