I am on a cable phone, can I get busted for PBXing?
Yes! Cable companies have to co-operate under the law. Some cable companies actually have stricter policies than BT themselves. • Can I get busted for using international PBXs (ie. outside the UK)? Yes! Prosecution is a different matter though. But people have got in trouble for using 89/96x PBX’s etc. in other countries. • If I’m not in England (ie. Scotland/N.Ireland) therefore am I not covered by the ‘fraudulent abstraction of electricity’ and ‘computer misuse’ laws? WRONG! In fact, in these cases it might be worse, as they might choose to charge you under general fraud laws. • I dial through one PBX to another before I use it, so I am safe? No. Whilst it’s much better than ‘dialing direct’ BT can trace things on their own network fairly easily. Things just take more time. If they trace you, they will put a monologue on your line.. It then doesnt matter how many things you dial through, as they’ll have every DTMF you dial!
