Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Why DA Costs Should Be Spread Among All Subscribers Message-ID: Date: 30 Aug 89 15:58:08 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: John Cowan Organization: ESCC, New York City Lines: 33 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 337, message 6 of 12 In article , John DeArmond writes: >In article , > asuvax!gtephx!who!ellisond@ncar.ucar.edu (Dell Ellison) 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. >* are in a phone booth without a book. >* are in an office without a book. >* are looking for a new number. >* are trying to find a number correction. > >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. Phonus balonus. Here in New York, local (NYNEX) directory assistance calls are $.50 each, same as AT&T. However, blind and other disabled users are exempt, all calls from phone booths are exempt (New York Tel knows better than to bother putting directories in NYC booths!), and there is an allowance of two free calls per month per line. That covers cases #1, #2, #4, and #5 above. Offices without phone books: Every business subscriber gets a telephone book, just like residential subscribers. If the boss can't bother to make the book available, let him pay for the calls. Internet/Smail: cowan@marob.masa.com Dumb: uunet!hombre!marob!cowan Fidonet: JOHN COWAN of 1:107/711 Magpie: JOHN COWAN, (212) 420-0527 Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes Set anz toz pleins at estet in Espagne.