Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: CLASS Services in Central NC Message-ID: <2232@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 15 Dec 89 19:00:51 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 28 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 579, message 8 of 8 In article <2103@accuvax.nwu.edu> "Gregory G. Woodbury" writes: >X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 569, message 8 of 10 >The GTE satrapy in Durham is finally advertising that they have the >disable call waiting service in place, but it is not generally enabled >in the switches - you have to specifically order it. Maybe that's because, as in California, they charge extra for it! It's a $1.50/month option that they will include free if you buy the entire package of custom calling. >GTE spokespersons said that CLASS services will become available in >Durham in about 6 months or whenever the PUC finally decides the issue >of CNID. This is their usual crock. This gives them no end of reprieve in providing services to the customer. A notable example: 976. Their excuse for not providing it in the area code for which they were responsible (805, 714) was that there were too many unresolved issues. In other words, let everyone else battle it out and do the pioneering, we'll sit back and just collect the money when it's cool. BTW, I'm not interested in discussing the pros and cons of 976 and furthermore it's not up to a regulated monopoly to make those judgements, either. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !