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- SLAMMING
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- What is it? When a long distance telephone service changes your
- long distance carrier without your permission. It's illegal and
- you can take steps to prevent it from happening and help the
- authorities punish the slammers.
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- Some people don't realize when their long distance carrier has
- been changed.
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- 1. Look at your phone bill, the page listing for long distance
- calls.
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- 2. If your not sure who your long distance carrier is and you
- don't want to wait for your bill call this toll-free
- number to find out, 700-555-4141.
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- If you discover you've been switched without your approval.
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- 1. Call your local telephone company, tell them about the
- switch, and ask them to reconnect you to your old carrier.
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- 2. Call the long distance company that made the switch and let
- them know you don't want their service.
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- 3. Write a letter to your local phone company and have them put
- a freeze on your phone line. A freeze means that your long
- distance carrier cannot be changed without your approval.
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- If you find out you've been slammed.
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- 1. You don't have to pay the switching fee.
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- 2. You do have to pay for the phone calls you made but, you can
- pay them at the rate of your regular long distance carrier.
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- Approving a switch without knowing you did.
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- 1. Be careful when filling out coupons for free gifts or trips,
- read the fine print. You may be signing with a new carrier.
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- 2. When you're called buy a new carrier and don't want their
- service make sure you tell them you don't want their
- service.
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- Tele-Consumer Hotline provides a free brochure on long distance
- carrier selection. Send a self addressed stamped envelope to:
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- Tele-Consumer Hotline
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- 1331 H St., NW Suite 201
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- Washington D.C. 20005
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- Regards Bob Ludwig
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- Business Software Solutions
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