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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Advantage of Bell breakup
Summary: how is billing by non-BOC enforced?
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In article <250@gauss.RUTGERS.EDU> msmith@GAUSS.RUTGERS.EDU (Mark Smith) writes:
>> One little advantage I note to the divestiture (and all that) is that
>> now I can prefix long distance calls with "10777" and I never get billed...
>> 
>Well, actually, a friend of mine did this, and he got the bill for the
>calls about 7 months later, but he did get it.  Beware!

I'm curious about the logistics of enforcement here. The traditional
TPC remedy for non-payment of a phone bill is cutting off service.
What does Sprint or any other service do to facilitate enforcement?
Request up-front deposits from new customers? Can anyone send a call
through a random long-distance company in the U.S., or do they have
to sign up first?

David Sherman		dave@lsuc.uucp
Toronto (where all phone service is still handled by Bell Canada)
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