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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.legal
Subject: charging for cable TV outlets / telephones
Message-ID: <350@vortex.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jul-84 18:33:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  5 18:33:25 1984
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Only in certain states is telco allowed to charge for any phone, regardless
of whether or not it is rented.  Here in California, for example, there is
no such charge -- you can buy and install as many phones as you wish
with no monthly charges of any kind.  As far as I know, at least here,
cable companies CAN charge monthly for each TV, though I don't know
if this has ever been tested in court.

--Lauren--