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Must be fun days in NY State with Eliot Spitzer as AG. Lots of "(mumble) war on cyber (mumble) crime (mumble) national security (mumble)".... :-) Actually, I kind of like the guy for taking some disreputable companies to task An AP newswire article by Michael Gormley, via Yahoo! News, reveals that: [snip] A new law that's apparently the first in the nation threatens to penalize Internet service providers that fail to warn users that some dial-up numbers can ring up enormous long-distance phone bills even though they appear local. A long distance call even within the same area code can cost 8 to 12 cents a minute, adding up to hundreds, even thousands of dollars a month. Companies face fines of up to $500 for each offense, and consumers could pursue civil action claiming an unfair business practice. The National Conference of State Legislatures said it knows of no similar law elsewhere. [snip] http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050818/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_isp_charges - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet [email protected] or [email protected] ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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