[83529] in North American Network Operators' Group
New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie (Paul Ferguson))
Wed Aug 17 22:06:34 2005
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:04:31 GMT
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Must be fun days in NY State with Eliot Spitzer as AG. Lots of
"(mumble) war on cyber (mumble) crime (mumble) national security
(mumble)".... :-)
Actually, I kind of like the guy for taking some disreputable
companies to task
An AP newswire article by Michael Gormley, via Yahoo! News,
reveals that:
[snip]
A new law that's apparently the first in the nation threatens to penalize Internet service providers that fail to warn users that some dial-up numbers can ring up enormous long-distance phone bills even though they appear local.
A long distance call even within the same area code can cost 8 to 12 cents a minute, adding up to hundreds, even thousands of dollars a month.
Companies face fines of up to $500 for each offense, and consumers could pursue civil action claiming an unfair business practice.
The National Conference of State Legislatures said it knows of no similar law elsewhere.
[snip]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050818/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_isp_charges
- ferg
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Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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