"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
ARW wrote:
Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:50:36 +0000, wrote:


Doesn't a mildly intelligent criminal (if there are any) simply
short the two wires of the phone line, then it's permanently 'on
hook' rather than broken.

It's much simpler than that, you can disable an auto dialler without
any tools and without disturbing any wiring and leaving no trace that
you have tampered with its action in less time than it takes to dial
out.

It not difficult to disable most bell boxes.

Mine is 20ft above the ground - wired from the back.

And it isnt hard to have another inside the eaves where
it can only be reached from inside the roofspace.

By the time they discover that disabling the other
one you leave where it isnt all that hard to get at,
and discover that its just one of them, they're ****ed.