Charcat
One of the Patsy's
I have a question for any of you that might have some knowledge of how cable server/landline providers work, and what could possibly cause what happened yesterday.
This is what happened:
A bit of background...I use a landline for all personal calls when at home. So does my good friend. Yesterday evening my phone rang and caller ID gave my friend's name and number. I answered, and the line was dead. One minute later, it rang again and same thing happened. One minute later it happened a third time. My first thought was that he was playing some kind of game. I waited a few minutes and then called him back. It rang and rang and finally was answered by his answering machine.
A couple of hours later my phone rang again. Same caller ID info. I answered, and this time it was actually him. I asked him what he was doing with his phone, and he didn't know what I was talking about. During the conversation I got three beeps indicating another phone call was trying to come through. I told him I had to answer my phone, so we hung up. My phone instantly rang again, and it was his name and caller info. I went back and discovered that there were 4 calls that were trying to reach me while we had been talking--ALL COMING FROM HIS PHONE.
I called him back, and told him and he thought I was joking. He hung up and tried calling his girlfriend, who was furious with him for calling and calling her and not saying anything when he answered. During this call, she got a beep of another incoming call coming in--and it was from him.
After this, he called his phone service provider, who was Cable One. They made it brief--saying they were having some "issues."
So....my question is, how can a phone service provider take control of someone's personal phone numbers and make calls to everyone on their private call lists? My friend had calls going out to everyone--even in California. Any ideas?
It doesn't sound like a normal "issue."
This is what happened:
A bit of background...I use a landline for all personal calls when at home. So does my good friend. Yesterday evening my phone rang and caller ID gave my friend's name and number. I answered, and the line was dead. One minute later, it rang again and same thing happened. One minute later it happened a third time. My first thought was that he was playing some kind of game. I waited a few minutes and then called him back. It rang and rang and finally was answered by his answering machine.
A couple of hours later my phone rang again. Same caller ID info. I answered, and this time it was actually him. I asked him what he was doing with his phone, and he didn't know what I was talking about. During the conversation I got three beeps indicating another phone call was trying to come through. I told him I had to answer my phone, so we hung up. My phone instantly rang again, and it was his name and caller info. I went back and discovered that there were 4 calls that were trying to reach me while we had been talking--ALL COMING FROM HIS PHONE.
I called him back, and told him and he thought I was joking. He hung up and tried calling his girlfriend, who was furious with him for calling and calling her and not saying anything when he answered. During this call, she got a beep of another incoming call coming in--and it was from him.
After this, he called his phone service provider, who was Cable One. They made it brief--saying they were having some "issues."
So....my question is, how can a phone service provider take control of someone's personal phone numbers and make calls to everyone on their private call lists? My friend had calls going out to everyone--even in California. Any ideas?
It doesn't sound like a normal "issue."
