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From: hughes@maelstrom.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Hughes)
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Subject: Re: On Who You Owe When Slammed
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In article <15456@accuvax.nwu.edu> Pat the Moderator writes:

>   [Moderator's Note: The point is, your long distance connection through
>   the public switched network was NOT unsolicited. You solicited the
>   service as soon as you went off hook and started dialing the number.

This confuses the service as a whole, as a contractable object, and an
instance of the fulfillment of that service.  You do not solicit
service from a company by dialing a phone; you do, however, avail
yourself of a previously agreed to service when you so dial.


Eric Hughes     hughes@ocf.berkeley.edu