Re: Jail Sentence for Phone Line "Denial of Service"

Fascinating ... could this be extended to spammers? Please? Looks close

> enough to be worth a looksee ...

No chance. unfortunately.

The statute involved (47 USC 223) is *expressly* limited to _telephone_calls_ made with the intent to harass or annoy.

"Ex-GOP Party Head Charged in Phone Jamming" > "By ERIK STETSON Associated Press Writer March 10, 2005, 1:23 PM EST" > "CONCORD, N.H. The former executive director of the New Hampshire > Republican Party was sentenced Thursday to seven months in prison for > jamming Democratic telephone lines during the 2002 election. > "Chuck McGee pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to make > anonymous calls with the intent to annoy or harass. He was also fined > $2,000 and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service."
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Robert Bonomi
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