RE: Device for barring unauthorised phone calls

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David / Group

What is even better, if "someone" finds your bill, they have
enough
information to cease your service with BT (or change provider).
You just need the account number and telephone number to cease a circuit,
something one of our disgruntled residents did who was evicted from one of
our hostels.

In the case of the £2000 - the customer will have to pay it end of story.

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




Mark McCall wrote:

> > continued to make them by calling the operator.
>
> Seems a bit of a glaring chasm in BTs banning service!

Seems like a glaring chasm in parental control to me ;)

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.

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'.

Just out of interest how much would you or Malcolm like to pay?


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.

David