[100725] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hey, SiteFinder is back, again...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Atkins)
Tue Nov 6 16:08:19 2007
In-Reply-To: <200711062020.lA6KK5AB017959@mail.r-bonomi.com>
From: Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:07:14 -0800
To: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Nov 6, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
>
>> From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:05:26 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Hey, SiteFinder is back, again...
>>
>> Since this is verizon, one wonders why this has never been tried on
>> wrong, non-working phone numbers?
>>
>> Visit your local chevy dealer, no interest for 12 months! We're
>> sorry, the number you have reached....
>>
>> is it illegal?
>
> Before they could do it, they'd have to file -- and get approved -- a
> tariff with the public utilities commission in each state.
>
> I'm not at all sure how well such a proposal would fly there.
There are already companies offering advertising funded
long distance service. And advertising funded VoIP dialtone.
It's not like this is a hypothetical that's bizarrely out there.
Cheers,
Steve
