[83534] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Thu Aug 18 02:59:33 2005
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:59:00 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <43042E6B.8000303@ehsco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:44:59AM -0400, Eric A. Hall wrote:
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> On 8/17/2005 10:04 PM, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> aka, make ISPs liable for other people's fraud. What's the thinking here,
> anybody know?
Erm... Requiring that ISPs notify customers that phone numbers in the same
area code may not be "local" has WHAT exactly to do with making ISPs
liable for other people's fraud? Sounds like a disclaimer requirement to
me, nothing related to fraud just good business practice. You must be
confusing this with exotic 900# and international locations which are used
to scam people.
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