Re: Device for barring unauthorised phone calls

["Malcolm Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If BT offer the service, then they should be liable if they don't carry it
out.

And as for how much of it I'll be paying through higher bills, the answer
is
nothing - I'm with NTL ;-)

Mal


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Greaves" <david@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Device for barring unauthorised phone calls


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> Mark McCall wrote:
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>> > continued to make them by calling the operator.
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>> Seems a bit of a glaring chasm in BTs banning service!
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> Seems like a glaring chasm in parental control to me ;)
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> I can imagine the scene:
> You: Please unblock the service, I need to call the weatherline
> Operator: Sorry sir, that service is blocked.
> You: But I want to unblock it
> Operator: But how do I know you are who you say you are?
> You: Well, I just am.
> Operator: Could you take your passport to the local police station and
> have them call me...
> You: I just want to make a phone call
> Operator: Yes, well, it's like this sir. Some people out there can't
be
> trusted to wipe their own bottoms - if you know what I mean sir - so
> although it makes life really difficult for the rest of us we have to
> treat you all like low grade morons. No offence sir.
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> And as for the £2000 bill - I guess you'd like BT to 'absorb' it -
which
> is of course a euphimism for 'spread it around the rest of their
> customers'.
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> Just out of interest how much would you or Malcolm like to pay?
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> On a related note I noticed there was a story in the Register recently
> where BT just pro-actively blocked some numbers associated with the
> premium rate dial-up scams.
> What happened? The scam companies sued them and the regulatory rules
> forced them to restore the service.
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> David
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