Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 23 Jun 91 21:46:16 CDT From: Jordan M Kossack Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Where Do They Get Off? Reply-To: kossack@taronga.hackercorp.com Message-ID: Organization: Rice University Houston Texas 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 484, Message 5 of 6 Lines: 34 At the beginning of this month, I moved. Last week, I received a letter from US Sprint asking me to change long distance service, saying, in part, "now that you've changed your residence, make another smart move...to Sprint." Now, I don't mind (too much :-) if I get 'junque mail' trying to sell me one thing or another, but I do object to Southwestern Bell telling Sprint my new address, since they're _not_ my long distance carrier and have no reason to know the information. I realize that this isn't illeagal but I do think it is kind of sleazy for SWB to give out such information to Sprint, since they won't give addresses to folk who call up directory assistance. Some folk may be wondering why I think that Sprint got the information from SWB. Well, when I originally called up for service (at my last residence), the person at SWB mis-heard me and entered my name into the computer as Koffack, which was the name the letter from Sprint was addressed to and it has been the _only_ letter, other than phone bills, to come addressed to that name. OBTW, mail from my LD carrier does come addressed correctly, to Jordan Kossack. ^^^^ Why didn't I correct SWB's spelling? Well, it is the next best thing to an unlisted line ... and there's no charge. Jordan Kossack | kossack@taronga.hackercorp.com [Moderator's Note: The local telco is REQUIRED to share billing information with long distance carriers. Whether or not you have a non-pub number is irrelevant. PAT]