Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: zygot!john@apple.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Why DA Costs Should Be Spread Among All Subscribers Message-ID: Date: 29 Aug 89 22:21:31 GMT Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 44 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 332, message 4 of 9 In article , stiatl!john@gatech.edu (John DeArmond) writes: > >Those that are too lazy or for whatever reason, should pay for their using > >directory assistance. We don't all need to pay for them. > Hmmm. I always got a kick out of that line. Yep, everybody that > uses DA is a lazy slob including those that: > > * are blind. In most areas, handicapped subscribers can be exempted from DA charges, so this argument is moot. > * are in a phone booth without a book. Pac*Bell does not charge for DA from a public telephone; in fact the PUC does not allow COCOTs to charge for local information, either. Argument is again, moot. > * are in an office without a book. If the proprietor of the office does not feel the need to keep phone books available to employees or visitors then he jolly well should pay for calls to DA. > * are looking for a new number. Look at it as a one-time charge. Be sure to write it down. > * are trying to find a number correction. I don't know what this means. > Yep, let's just call them slobs and nail them for each use of DA. That's > the ticket. Makes about as much sense as did the idea of tearing the phone > company up. A nice little zinger, but irrelavent. Even if the "phone company" had been left intact, I would be a supporter of DA charging. BTW, you are the one referring to people as "slobs"; I simply feel that one who uses a service should pay for it. -- John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.uucp | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !