Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: GREEN@wharton.upenn.edu (Scott D. Green) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New Enhancements From the BOC's Message-ID: Date: 29 May 89 22:49:00 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 30 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 179, message 1 of 7 Yes, Bell of PA has started offering CLASS services, with no subscription necessary. All of the features are available right now for your (and the kids') endless enjoyment. Here's the list of codes, services, and rates: *57 Call Trace $1.00/use *60 Call Block $.50/day or $5/month *61 Distinctive ring (up to 6 #'s) $.50/day or $2.75/month *63 Selective Call Forwarding (up to 6 #'s) $.50/day or $3.50/month *66 Auto Redial $.25/use or $1.75/month *69 Return Call $.25/use or $2.50/month Bell of PA has apparently realized that, once the kids get ahold of these codes, they are going to be pretty popular at recess. In fact, on their in-house newsline last week, they felt it necessary to warn their employees of exactly that, suggesting that customers may be in for a shock when the bills come in. Bell asked their employees to tell their kids not to play with the IQ services. Is it really fair, though, for the BOC's to offer these value-added services to a customer's line without his or her consent or even knowledge? Is this something akin to the flap over 976- services, which led to the BOC's offering no-charge blocking of these numbers as well as placing the racier material on exchanges that require advance sign-up in order to access them? Where is the PUC? Is this arrangement a concession to Bell of PA, because of the investigation of the CallerID service (proposed at $6.50/month)? Just wondering. -scott green