Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: What's the Deal With NET and Directory Listings? Message-ID: <14144@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 30 Oct 90 00:19:02 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 27 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 775, Message 2 of 11 Christopher Gillett writes: > Further, I don't see why "data line in your home" means "commercial > rates". What is the story here? Have other people encountered > similar listing difficulties with NET or other telcos? How do they know its a "data" line? What communication you put over that line is absolutely and positively none of telco's business. Given that more and more homes are equipped with computers with modems, this attitude would seem a little outdated. I had a little talk with a knowledgeable rep about the attitude concerning modem lines. In my case, with 10 lines, telco had just assumed that it was mostly for data, probably hobby related, rather than assuming that I was running a bookie joint out of my home. No one at Pac*Bell has ever given the impression that the company cared one hoot about whether a line was being used for a modem or not. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o ! [Moderator's Note: John, I would say 'the way they know it is a data line' is because that is the way he asked them to identify it in their directory. PAT]