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From: san@peora.UUCP (Sanjay Tikku)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.politics,net.misc
Subject: Re: Victims of Equal Access (?)
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 13:24:37 EST
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> 
> As most of you know, Equal Access is just around the corner

  In some areas it is already in place, example Orlando, Fla.

  If someone does not specify a particular carrier then AT&T is the
  default carrier. That's the way it works here.

>I feel that the consumer should
> have the right not to have his service changed without his per-
> mission. The telephone company and the long distance carriers have
> been telling customers of the Equal Access and its implications.

  Atleast in this place, you have to sign a paper if your service is
  changed and there you have to explicitly say that you want a "Dial-1"
  service with that company. Until then the local company, Southern Bell,
  doesn't make any change. I don't know how it works in other places but
  I haven't had any problems with equal access the way it is implemented
  here.

  Sanjay Tikku
  Perkin-Elmer,SDC,Orlando,Fla.
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