Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phone Frustration Message-ID: <2677@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 7 Jan 90 14:36:53 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 43 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 13, message 5 of 11 > I was interested to read Peter da Silva's comments about my posting > regarding disconnection of COCOTs. At the time that I wrote it, I was > a bit concerned that my posting sounded a little heavy handed. Yeh, a little. :-> I also seem to have gotten you confused with John Higdon. > Actually, I have tried communication with the owners of the offending > COCOT phones....but get nowhere. That's different, then. I withdraw my complaint with you. I still think that there's a general problem with people shooting from the hip and calling the law in long before it's reasonable. Legal action should be a last resort, not the first thing you consider. First, I apologise for confusing you with the person who really posted the article, but... > Invariable answer: "I don't know anything about the phone. You'll have > to call the number on the card." Card says call "211". Reaches > disconnect recording, doesn't answer, or reaches answering machine. Then you've got a reason to call the PUC. But my point is that there was no indication that the person involved had made such an attempt. And that's what I was complaining about. > Oh, and I wish you would avoid the phrase, "people like you"... Again, I publicly apologise for the misunderstanding. Thinking back on it, what with I remember of your stand on Caller ID and similar subjects, getting lumped in with people like that must have really hurt. _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ Also or \_.--._/ v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'