Re: BELLSOUTH prison call ripoff.

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In article <36FA9623.D42BC02C@bellsouth.net> on Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:00:02 GMT,
Roger Alexander <rlalexNOSPAM@bellsouth.net> writes:

  > Last year, I had a client in jail in Cobb county Georgia, who
  > made several telephone calls to me from jail.  I had no real
  > idea how much they were going to cost, and I was outraged when
  > the bill totalled $370. give or take.  The rate was up to
  > about $1.75 per minute....

Don't blame (only) the phone company.  The prison probably
solicited bids, and selected the company promising them the
largest kickback.  This may be a significant source of revenue;
I've seen numbers, but forget them.

The prison probably also forbids the inmates from using any other
long distance service, calling card, etc.  It's analogous to
hospitals forbidding patients from using their own TVs, but rather
requiring that the patient rent one from the hospital at an
exhorbitant rate.

--- Wm. Randolph U Franklin, WRFUSE at MAB.ECSE.RPI.DELETETHIS.EDU

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