Phone-sex charges start to show up on the phone bill for the modem on a system this pilot fish supports. "Someone was unplugging the line from the modem and into a telephone to do his disgusting business," says fish. "I asked our phone support guys to make the line incoming only; couldn't be done. I looked into soldering the cord into the back of the modem -- didn't find anything that would work." Finally, fish prints out a sign and tapes it to the back of the modem: Notice: Do not unplug these phone lines. These phone lines will not permit outgoing calls. Says satisfied fish, "We never saw another phone-sex item on the bill."

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