Re: Payphone Surcharges (was Unanswered Cellphones) |
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![]() Fri, 6 Jan 2006 01:17:30 UTC
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In article <telecom25.5.13@telecom-digest.org>, <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> Seth Breidbart wrote:
>> It wasn't the owner of the payphone who forced you to make those
> That's a rather odd way of looking at the situation, don't you think?
Nope. You claimed extortion, which involves force. I suggest that
> Are you saying it is unusual for a person to call other family members
No, I'm not saying that those things are _unusual_. What does
>> So the problem was your own ignorance.
> In most other retail services your attitude would grounds for
Contents of ground meat are specified by law (including maximum amount
> Oh, my gasoline is 80 octaine? Well, you should've known about it,
The sign at the pump says so. Why didn't you read it?
> In other retail services the price is on the item or the shelf. Yet
You must use a different kind of payphone than all the ones I've
> Sorry, but I don't buy your argument that the consumer should
I thought your complaint was about the price your calling card
>>> Interesting how you put it. Let's be clear about something. Until
>> It was a _goal_, not a _right_. And even then, payphones weren't part
> It was indeed a _right_, codified by national policy by rates set by
And if you couldn't make a phone call, did somebody go to jail for
> Rate averaging and universal service. Some
Which law? Actually, the rates were set by filed _tariff_. I believe
> inter-state calls all paid the same rate. Further, rates were
Did you ask for the rate you'd get using your calling card?
Seth
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