Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Dave Levenson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Touchtone Fee Abolished in CA Message-ID: <9302@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 27 Jun 90 04:16:38 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 21 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 456, Message 3 of 7 In article <9219@accuvax.nwu.edu>, skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) writes: > The telephone company here in B.C. charges for unlisted numbers in > much the same way. They charge an installation fee of several dollars > and then charge you several dollars *per month* for keeping your > number unlisted. It probably costs the telco more money to answer all those directory-assistance requests they get when people have unlisted numbers than it does to list numbers in the paper directory. Also, they lose revenue when the people who would have called you don't because they can't get your telephone number. Dave Levenson Voice: 201 647 0900 Fax: 201 647 6857 Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney]