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Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls


From: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall () ehsco com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:44:59 -0400



On 8/17/2005 10:04 PM, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:

A new law that's apparently the first in the nation threatens to
penalize Internet service providers that fail to warn users that some
dial-up numbers can ring up enormous long-distance phone bills even
though they appear local.

aka, make ISPs liable for other people's fraud. What's the thinking here,
anybody know?

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Eric A. Hall                                        http://www.ehsco.com/
Internet Core Protocols          http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/


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