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- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!heintz
- From: heintz@netcom.com (Patrick Heintz)
- Subject: Re: ATTN: RENTERS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.052658.2478@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan7.214846.18538@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:26:58 GMT
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- >Fellow home or apartment renters,
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- > I called the company a few years ago and the clerk who answered the
- >phone INSISTED that I was responsible for the wiring in the walls, even as
- >a renter. Of course, that makes no sense at all as I related in the
- >previous analogy. Think for a moment how many MILLIONS of dollars are
- >collected each year for which NO service is ever rendered.
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- In California, the landlord is only obligated to have one outlet working.
- Also remember that in an apartment, YOUR phone wires may be accessable to
- others in your apartment complex. If my neighbor that lives above me
- decides to cut the wires to MY phone, I'm in deep doo doo.
-
-
- > Now, I am not against landlords in this issue. In fact one could
- >argue that I should ask them if they want me to carry this insuracne and
- >pay $1 less in rent, and in the larger scheme of things, to the individual
- >this is not high on the list of important matters. I just thought I would
- >draw some people's attention to this and save a few people $12 a year.
-
- >Just my 2ents worth.
-
- >MB
-
- >--
- > The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
- > North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
- > Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
- > internet: laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
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