Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 17 May 91 13:21 PDT From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 50k Counts of Wire Fraud Reply-To: John Higdon Message-ID: Organization: Green Hills and Cows 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 370, Message 1 of 9 Lines: 37 Tony Harminc writes: > Here there is a rule (unwritten but pretty strong) that you can't be > billed for a seven-digit call. No such rule here. You have been able, since the 1950s, been able in the Bay Area to dial some rather expensive 7D toll calls. You used to be able to call Crescent City from San Jose by dialing 7D back when it was all the 415 area. This is a very expensive call. Now you can even cross a LATA boundary by dialing 7D from San Jose. > It seems a > little silly that everyone should have to remember a huge list of > prefixes in order to avoid placing expensive calls, whether 540 or 976 > type, or just normal toll calls within the NPA. What is so silly about it? It would seem that if you, the caller, know who you are calling, that should take care of it, no? If people are going to dial numbers without the slightest clue who they are trying to reach, then they deserve whatever they get. I NEVER return calls to numbers that do not have a name, a company name, and some indication of the purpose of the call attached to them. If I do not already know the location of the AC/prefix, I look it up. This is just common sense. I wonder how many people just dial numbers that are written on the restroom wall, or just appear in the pager without question or thought. I wonder, after having to pay $50, how many of them would do it again. As with everything else in this world, sometimes you have to take care of yourself. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !