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Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls
From: David Barak <thegameiam () yahoo com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:07:48 -0700 (PDT)
--- Robert Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com> wrote:
A typical call to a dial-up ISP is what, a fewhours?Multiple times per month? Accidentally using a non-local ISP number can result in a bill in the hundreds of dollars pretty easily (also no pizza).All true, but *WHY* is that 'accidentally dialing a non-local ISP number' the *ISP's* fault??
Who said anything about fault? This is merely a recognition on the part of Government that consumers might make a costly mistake. The Government decided to tell ISPs to give the consumers an extra notice to try to prevent that. Not unreasonable at all (although personally, I like the TX-style "all your long distance are 11D, else 10D" approach). Simple consumer protection, similar to the <offtopic warning!> requirement to publish both per item and per measured unit pricing on foodstuffs...< /offtopic> -David David Barak Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: http://www.listentothefranchise.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Current thread:
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls, (continued)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Andreas Ott (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Robert Bonomi (Aug 18)
- RE: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Brian Johnson (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls David Lesher (Aug 18)
- RE: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Brian Johnson (Aug 18)
- RE: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Steven J. Sobol (Aug 18)
- RE: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Brian Johnson (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Jared Mauch (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Stephen Sprunk (Aug 18)
- RE: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Kristal, Jeremiah (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Robert Bonomi (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls David Barak (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls David Lesher (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls John Levine (Aug 19)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Steven M. Bellovin (Aug 19)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Stephen Sprunk (Aug 19)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Steven J. Sobol (Aug 19)
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- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Jay R. Ashworth (Aug 19)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls David Barak (Aug 18)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Andre Oppermann (Aug 19)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Jared Mauch (Aug 19)
- Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls Stephen Sprunk (Aug 19)
- centrist... bmanning (Aug 19)