The law doesn't protect us when it comes to harassment like this.
> My father-in-law had a similar problem with some guy calling his
> cell line harassing him.
> He decided to go to the police but to his surprise they said
> there wasn't much they could do.
Telephone harrassment has been against the law forever. What were the cops thinking?
Taking it into my own hands I set up my modem to call the offenders
> cell number over and over again.
Not a good idea.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Although your fathr-in-laws's police
> department was unwilling to do their duty and protect him, it would
> just be your luck that the other guys's police department (the ones
> who would respond to a complaint by him) would choose to fry you.
Well, he was harrassing the perp too.
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