On 1 May 2008 09:46:33 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> I meant using 'their' electricity to sound the ringer in the knowledge  
>> that you won't be charged for the call.

Yes I see and you are right.

>  The electricity used by a phone doesn't come from the electricity
>company. It comes from the phone company (through the phone line).
>It's a completely separate system. The owner of the phone line doesn't
>pay for that electricity (well, at least not directly).
>

This is true as most people know but where does the phone company get
its 50 volt dc come from. I suspect it is from an electricity company.
:)
>  At most you could stretch and say that the caller was wasting the
>electricity of the phone company.

Yes and at that time the phone company (GPO) was a state run company. 
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Regards
     Stephen

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