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From: FVEST@ducvax.auburn.edu (Floyd Vest)
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Subject: Alabama PSC Planning to Eliminate 900 Access?
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Date: 10 Jan 91 08:20:45 GMT
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I have a friend that is a service provider for a third-party "900"
service.  This not a sleeze operation.  He is editor of a sports
magazine and offers a "hotline" for sports news updates.  The service
has been very well received.  He recently learned (and I not sure of
the reliability of his information) that the Alabama Public Service
Commission is proposing to remove 900-service access from all phones
in the state unless explicitly requested.  Since the major appeal of
his service is in-state this would probably force him to drop the
service.  My question is this: since the number terminates
out-of-state, does the APSC have the authority to restrict interstate
calling?  If not, what can my friend do?  He does not have the
resources (and the service is not profitable enough) to engage any
legal action or protracted appeals.