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> From [email protected] Thu Aug 18 11:04:41 2005 > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:56:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Barak <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls > To: Sean Donelan <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > > > > --- Sean Donelan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I assume the NY AG will also be targeting > > enforcement of Domino's Pizza > > because they have lots of phone numbers and > > consumers may unknowingly dial > > a phone number to order a pizza which may be a toll > > call in their area. > > A typical call to Domino's lasts < 2 minutes, and if > it's not actually a local call, you're almost > certainly not in the delivery area (and would get > redirected to the correct store). Accidentally > dialing a nonlocal Domino's results in a $.10 bill > (and no pizza). > > A typical call to a dial-up ISP is what, a few hours? > Multiple times per month? Accidentally using a > non-local ISP number can result in a bill in the > hundreds of dollars pretty easily (also no pizza). All true, but *WHY* is that 'accidentally dialing a non-local ISP number' the *ISP's* fault??
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