Mystery Calls from Quebec & Ontario

[JamesU]

for the past week or so, we've received random calls from quebec. sometimes at midnight. all these calls are are a series of beeps. well, today, I got the same call, except it was from ontario...

 

[Smurf]

Yeah, sorry 'bout that. Sometimes I misdial and connect to a random person instead of the CIA.

 

[JamesU]

can you explain the beeps?

 

[Smurf]

oh that's just the signal getting scrambled by your phone. Don't worry about it, it's only costing you 30$/minute... rounded up.

 

[JamesU]

I never a1nswer those calls I let them go to the answering machine. Don't worry about it, it's only costing you 30$/minute...

 

[Smurf]

Well, seeing as I used a public line and routed the call through a DHS ISP they won't know who to charge. So, they might charge you, or they might let the cost slip, depending on the policy of your phone provider.

 

[mattmns]

You mean you don't have a blowhorn? Whenever a Canadian calls here I say, "hold on just a second", and BAMMM!

 

[Smurf]

I wouldn't recommend that. The receiver might interpret it as the launch code and you might set off the nuke in NY.

 

[Moonbear]

If all you get are beeps, how do you know the call is coming from Canada?

 

[mattmns]

Set off the nuke in NY? pff I don't live in NY. I say let em die!