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From: JAJZ801@calstate.bitnet
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Subject: Re: SIT Tones on an Answering Machine
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Date: 22 Sep 90 19:46:47 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 667, Message 9 of 12


 
  I'm not a lawyer or a regulatory expert, but it seems to me that
requesting and being granted telephone service creates at least an
implied contract between the subscriber and the supplier which
includes an obligation to follow all regulations and rules whose
purpose is to maintain the reliability and efficiency of the phone
network and which do not unreasonably interfere with the customers use
of it.
 
  It seems to me that aping signalling tones could, under some
circumstances interfere with its operation, if only by confusing
humans whose job it is to troubleshoot and repair. And their use seems
like mostly a game to those using them, not a necessary use.
 
  Like the highway system or any other shared media or conveyance, the
phone system works because there are limits on its use to maximize its
benefits for all (even the stockholders), not merely for those who
want to maximize their own satisfaction or amusement.
 

Jeff Sicherman
jajz801@calstate.bitnet