[83602] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Barak)
Thu Aug 18 15:08:15 2005
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:07:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200508181847.j7IIlB8S014940@host122.r-bonomi.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
--- Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
> > A typical call to a dial-up ISP is what, a few
> hours?
> > Multiple times per month? Accidentally using a
> > non-local ISP number can result in a bill in the
> > hundreds of dollars pretty easily (also no pizza).
>
> All true, but *WHY* is that 'accidentally dialing a
> non-local ISP number'
> the *ISP's* fault??
Who said anything about fault? This is merely a
recognition on the part of Government that consumers
might make a costly mistake. The Government decided
to tell ISPs to give the consumers an extra notice to
try to prevent that.
Not unreasonable at all (although personally, I like
the TX-style "all your long distance are 11D, else
10D" approach). Simple consumer protection, similar
to the <offtopic warning!>
requirement to publish both per item and per measured
unit pricing on foodstuffs...< /offtopic>
-David
David Barak
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