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Re: No 900? well for the last decade and possibly even longer I know if local ILECs (not just at&t mind you) got enough complaints from a out of state number they could block it and provide evidence and notice as to why they blocked it.
from what it seems both sides are not innocent in this regard, if the above on what they did was true. |
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rradina
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Chesterfield, MO | What would the complaint be? I called a long distance number and I'm not happy about the cost? I'm surprised the telco has the authority to block a number because folks were possibly mislead into making an LD call. It would seem this authority should lie in the state's AG office and that an investigation would be warranted to determine if the public was mislead. And I don't think the AG can just declare such a fact. Doesn't the AG have to sue and win a court case?
If ISPs challenge the RIAA with having proper legal documentation before releasing an MP3 downloader name, blocking a number based on consumer complaints seems legally risky. However since the service is free, I don't know what freeconference.com would claim they are losing -- unless they sell ads on their web site and claim that by blocking their number, it damages their credibility. |
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1 edit | said by rradina:What would the complaint be? I called a long distance number and I'm not happy about the cost? I'm surprised the telco has the authority to block a number because folks were possibly mislead into making an LD call. It would seem this authority should lie in the state's AG office and that an investigation would be warranted to determine if the public was mislead. And I don't think the AG can just declare such a fact. Doesn't the AG have to sue and win a court case? Could be something along those lines or they thought it was free, and they got a bill. I am sure the AG's office will have some role if this is the case but not sure as to what? maybe the AG for the states claiming the problem came to this conclusion?
I am sure there are many details that we don't know about in this regard. Maybe the number was scamming customers? Maybe it was not? We won't know till more details come about.
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