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From: IZZYAS1@oac.ucla.edu (Andy Jacobson)
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Subject: Two Residential Lines; Different Owners; Same Class of Service
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Date: 28 Oct 90 12:17:00 GMT
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When I moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1986, I moved into an
appartment the architect had designed as part of a single family
house.  When I ordered phone service, the Ohio Bell rep (in their
Xenia office) told me that, because the house was in an area zoned for
single family residences, I could only have the class of service that
the other residents of the house had, which was flat rate metro.
Several months later, when 1+ options became available, I was also
told that I could only have the same LD carrier as the other line had.
I wonder if this sort of restriction exists today, or if it was/is
legal.


[Moderator's Note: I think had you taken a copy of your lease to show
them (which would demonstrate that 'the other residents of the house'
had no control over or right of entry into your space; nor you into
theirs) that telco would have been obliged to give you whatever
service you wanted.  PAT]