Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: On Who You Owe When Slammed Message-ID: <15454@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 17 Dec 90 18:33:51 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 26 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 885, Message 3 of 10 Evelyn C Leeper writes: > No, in the latter case, the local telco can damn well pay the LD > carrier. As an example, my parents have AT&T as their LD carrier > because I work for AT&T. Ok, what about this situation (a real one, only the names are changed, etc.)? You are a high-ranking executive with XYZ Enterprises. Your company, which is among other things a long distance carrier, provides your home long distance for you at no charge. You make calls, and you never get the bill. Then one day, you get an MCI bill, either as part of your local statement or a separate bill in the mail. You have been slammed. Now, who owes who what? Do you expect your company to pay the MCI bill when the deal was that IT provided your long distance? Do YOU pay MCI when you expected not to pay for LD at all? Do you pay MCI what you would have expected to pay your selected carrier ($0)? In this case, I would very much expect that the slammee would tell the slammer to take a hike. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !