Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!killer!vector!nobody From: len@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Leonard P Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Nuisance phone calls Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 89 17:23:12 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 13 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 53, message 3 Could not the phone company be asked/required to institute a tarrif that bills the caller 3 times if the called party hangs up first? Social etiquette would then requre that you let your caller hang up unless you were pissed with them, otherwise you hang up on them. Free enterprise extra cost is a real good way to control excess. + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | Leonard P. Levine e-mail len@evax.milw.wisc.edu | | Professor, Computer Science Office (414) 229-5170 | | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Home (414) 962-4719 | | Milwaukee, WI 53201 U.S.A. Modem (414) 962-6228 | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +