[83537] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Thu Aug 18 04:05:58 2005
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:05:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050818075438.GJ8847@overlord.e-gerbil.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> Sounds like the standard notice that all reputable ISPs are probably
> already giving. Given the very real potential for grandma and grandpa to
> pick a number off a list which looks like it is in their area code and end
> up with a multi-thousand dollar phone bill the next month, I'm surprised
> consumer protection folks haven't asked for such a requirement sooner.
I assume the NY AG will also be targeting enforcement of Domino's Pizza
because they have lots of phone numbers and consumers may unknowingly dial
a phone number to order a pizza which may be a toll call in their area.
