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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: 8 Sep 1992 11:49:53 -0700
- From: leavens@mizar.usc.edu (Justin Leavens)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Clever Phone Fraud by 900 Line
- Message-ID: <telecom12.697.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 697, Message 7 of 13
- Lines: 21
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- In article <telecom12.679.11@eecs.nwu.edu> PGloger.es_xfc@xerox.com
- writes:
-
- [a story about how some probably now ex-employees of AT&T tried to use
- a 900 number to rip off AT&T]
-
- > (No, none of us think rip-offs are good. Yes, all of us expect 'most
- > large company phones to be blocked against outgoing 900 calls.)
-
- Blocking 900 numbers outright is a tough proposition for some people
- like me, since more and more computer vendors are adopting 900 numbers
- for customer support past warranty periods. My phone is blocked for
- 900 numbers but we have at least one vendor who doesn't want to
- support me unless I call their 900 number (product out of warranty).
- I'm doing battle with that right now, no one can understand why any
- employee would need to call a 900 number.
-
-
- Justin Leavens Microcomputer Specialist University of Southern California
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