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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 18:38:18 PST
- From: John_David_Galt@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Sprint Dis-Cards
- Message-ID: <telecom12.909.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 909, Message 8 of 12
- Lines: 39
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- Quoth the Moderator:
-
- > The possibility of fraud is not a sufficient reason to deny credit to
- > someone.
-
- Do you realize what you just said? If the courts take your view, we
- might as well legalize phreaking as they have in Holland -- we'll have
- about as much chance against it.
-
- Credit is not a right, whether the law says it is or not. It's too
- bad that a few thieves can create inconvenience for the many; but I'd
- rather wait (or carry lots of coins) to make an international call
- than have to pay big $$ because the telcos are losing millions to
- rip-off artists. TANSTAAFL.
-
-
- John David Galt Freedom of Lifestyle is an inalienable human right.
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: I did not mean that you (or I, or anyone) applying
- for credit should be automatically approved regardless of suspected
- fraud in our application for credit. I did not mean that a merchant or
- vendor must establish credit for customers when there is an unacceptable
- risk of fraud which cannot be (easily) controlled by the credit grantor.
- I meant that once an open line of credit has been established -- that
- is, you have the plastic in your possession for your use -- it becomes
- the merchant or vendor's problem to administer the credit correctly.
- I'd even be happy if AT&T would publish a list of prohibited origin
- and destination points where their credit card is concerned. But you
- can be sure they'll not put that in writing. A supervisor at the AT&T
- International Operating Center yesterday confirmed to me that in fact
- there are certain CO's which are redlined from using credit cards on
- international calls to the Middle East countries. When I asked her to
- send me a list or explain why those places where not noted in the
- International Communications book they publish for public use, she was
- candid with me: "We were told never to send anything out in writing
- about that policy ..." PAT]
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