Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 14:33:05 GMT From: "S. H. Schwartz" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Preventing 900 Call Abuse Message-ID: Organization: Expert Systems Lab., NYNEX Sci. and Tech., White Plains NY Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 305, Message 1 of 16 Lines: 18 In article K_MULLHOLAND@unhh.unh.edu (KATH MULLHOLAND) writes: > ... [how to block 900 calls] ... > But the most elegant solution I've heard is to remove the PIC from the > home telephne line, in essence removing all ability to make inter-LATA > calls. This has the added benefit of being unable to call your > out-of-state in-laws ... But the PIC only specifies which LD carrier gets your 1+ calls. Does this also stop 10288-1-900-xxx-xxxx? I would think not. No, I'm not going to try it at home. :-) S. H. Schwartz schwartz@nynexst.com Expert Systems Laboratory 914-683-2960 NYNEX Science and Technology Center White Plains NY 10604