Zen also tell me that BT Openreach cannot force an EU to cease and desist from injecting any signal into the PSTN. I find this astonishing and suspect if I injected 414 volts into my NTE5, I might well expect some admonishment ! Comments from BS would be much appreciated.
REIN and its procedures, (IMHO), are a constantly evolving beast. I know for a fact that raising an actual REIN case differs between ISP's and REIN reception centres. There doesn't seem to be any cohesion ?? That said, (again IMHO), it may seem a bit 'fingers & thumbs' to all involved but it kinda works on the whole.
I'm afraid the 'mains voltage analogy' doesn't hold water with OR, as if you did knowingly inject dangerous voltage (risk of death) into OR's network, then I'll be a monkeys uncle if a court summons didn't shortly follow.
As an aside, we do have the odd instance whereby 240v is accidentally coupled to our network. Usually it is a mains-voltage cable run under a carpet (I kid you not) and both that and the phone wire will be caught on a carpet gripper rod. That is why all our testers should have insulated croc-clips, and the testers will immediately alert the engineer to the fact that 'Dangerous Voltage' is detected.
If this kind of voltage is found on the MDF, it is immediately shut down and a BTO Power Engineer despatched to find and isolate the source.
Slightly long-winded, but I want to get over the point about acting knowingly. The vast majority of REIN is not transmitted knowingly, and it most certainly does not pose a risk of injury or death to anyone. Only amateur radio-hams are knowingly transmitting, but they are generally aware of what filters are needed to halt bleeding over DSL tones. We do not have any powers to actually shut down or remove offending items, and rely upon the goodwill of the EU to assist us in bringing about a satisfactory resolution.
In all my years attending REIN cases I have never had anyone refuse to help until just two weeks ago. The guy in question is point-blank refusing to co-op and is very abusive when trying to explain what the issue is. As a result, the REIN team have closed the case as 'Deadlocked'. There is nothing more that can be done.
This sounds similar to your predicament, Walter.