Profanity, PCS phones, and FCC

[Ryan Anderson]

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote:

> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the 
> manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
> section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":
[snip]
>    o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
>      phone.
> Joy. More laws to break.

I believe this has been true about your regular phone line for years as
well.  It's unenforceable, and as a practical matter the FCC isn't going
to care, *EVER* about it.


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