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Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision

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From: Dave Smith
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 01:11
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SB wrote:

> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>
> >LOL Carter. Of course he isn't.  He is one of those lame brains who thinks that he can
> >win an argument by discrediting the knowledge of others rather than providing
> >information himself.
>
> Feel kinda dumb now, huh?  Is the FTC link that I posted while you
> were giggling and typing the above good enough for you?
>
> Actually, you probably don't know the difference between feeling
> "dumb" and feeling "smart".  A dummy has never had the second feeling.

16CFR is an American law. Bell Canada is a Canadian company and the situation referred to
in is Ontario, Canada, so American law is irrelevant. Even so, the American statute makes
no reference to anything immediate. Furthermore, Bell's tactic of offering services at a
given rate and then shortly after changing rates and conditions has become a standard
operating procedure.
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