Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Jim Budler Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T Sues MCI Over Sign-ups Message-ID: <3402@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 31 Jan 90 16:26:44 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., DFE, Santa Clara, CA. Lines: 27 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 67, message 11 of 11 gordon@sneaky.tandy.com (Gordon Burditt) writes: [...] } Sigh. If they are going to fix the rules, why can't they do it right: } Require all customers to obtain written permission from long-distance [...] } authorization would have to be provided on request by the customer in } the event of a dispute by the long-distance company as to whether they [...] I'm afraid I fail to see the logic which makes this more "right". In fact it appears to protect the phone company as opposed to protecting the consumer. Since the original change was being made to protect the the consumer from piratical actions by sleezy phone companies. I don't see how your proposal would do that. In addition, your proposal would add to the government mandated records which *I* would be required to maintain. Something which is less than desirable. Jim Budler jim@eda.com ...!{decwrl,uunet}!eda!jim compuserve: 72415,1200 applelink: D4619 voice: +1 408 986-9585 fax: +1 408 748-1032