Re: Latest AT&T broadband pitch (scam)

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From: Vernon Wormer
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 06:29

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On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:12:04 GMT, George Grapman
<sfgeorge@pacbell.net> wrote:

>  The long distance companies don't want you to know this but you don't have
>to have an LD carrier. There alternatives such as dialaround services (get
>one with no minimum charge or monthly fee) or pre-paid phonecards.

When I came to my senses and removed the PIC from a newly installed
ISDN line, Verizon (then Bell Atlantic) insisted that there was a
monthly charge for having no default LD carrier. That's right, son, a
charge every month. No amount of reasoning, cajoling, escalation,
begging, etc caused them to budge.

Has anyone experienced this? If so, did you convince them to waive
this charge?
Vernon Wormer
Dean, Faber College
Faber, PA
"Knowledge is good." - Emil Faber

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From: Vernon Wormer <Dean@fabercollege.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ba.consumers
Subject: Re: Latest AT&T broadband pitch (scam)
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 01:29:41 -0500
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