Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Len Jaffe Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: One More Horror Story Message-ID: <5286@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 17 Mar 90 20:10:26 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Len Jaffe Organization: Kent State University Lines: 37 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 180, Message 6 of 9 In article <5124@accuvax.nwu.edu>, kaplanr@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Robert Kaplan) writes: [College phone horror story...] Let me tell you about the phones at Kent State. I lived in a dorm made up exclusivly of 4 person suites. Each suite had a phone and every 2 suites shared a bathroom. This maent 8 peolple with access to two phones. Ohio Bell would non-randomly assign the phone to one resident of the suite. This lucky individual would be the person with the lowest social security number. I'm originally from New York State so my SSN begins with a zero and all my roommates' SSNs began with a 2 so the phone would always be assigned to me. The phones are rotary. There are no individual codes to protect people from someone using the phone for which you are responsible to call Germany after his phone gets shut off for not paying the $500.00 he has already racked up. Don't laugh! It happened to one of my closest friends. The billing office's attitude has always been, "The phone is in your name, so it's your responsibility." I have been called by collection agencies and had my credit rating threatened over calls I did not make, calls by people who did not live with me. Thanks for letting me let off this steam, it has been building since 1984. Leonard A. Jaffe || "Who needs information?" Telotech, Inc. /\ - Roger Waters 23775 Commerce Park Rd. \/ "It ain't easy being cheesey." Beachwood, Ohio 44122 || - Chester Cheetah Uucp: ...!uunet!cwjcc.cwru.edu!ncoast!telotech!lenj Phone: (216) 591-0240 I don't speak for Telotech and They'll probably never let me.