"Mediaguy500" wrote in message
...
not that anyone really cares one way or the other *except for the people who
actually got the ECPA law passed and the people who own and operate the cell
phone companies),

I usually don't watch Dr. Phil today, but someone else at my house does. Today,
Dr. Phil said that you should watch his show if you're a tv addict or a cell
phone addict (always talking on the cell phone).



Well during one of the segments, the guy's cell phone rang,

You could hear the caller talking. At first, the caller seemed to not know
that what he was saying was being broadcast on national tv intended for the
general public. until Dr. Phil told the caller that he was talking to Dr. Phil
(either the guy's wife took the phone away from her husband and gave it to Dr.
Phil or Dr. Phil took it away himself. I don't remember which).

Anyways, after the call was over, Dr. Phil said that he knew that the cell
phone was going to ring (sometime during the show) (because the guy's wife said
that he's always on it everywhere) so that he had his (producers??) find out
the frequency of the cell phone in order to play it through the speakers (so
that it could be heard on the tv show being watched by the general public).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thats totally bogus. You cannot predict what specific frequency a cell
phone will land on when it rings. No. 2 most cell phones,, especially in
larger cities are almost always digital so you cannot hear it anyway.
It was either coincidence, and Phil made it look like like he "knew"
it was going to happen, or No. 2 as I suspect it was a setup on "Dr.?")
Phils part. The only way you can truely intercept a cell call today is
to have the electronic serial number of the phone and some very
sophisticated equipment for intercepting and decoding the signal which
Phil aint got.


Jeff