Jack.Winslade@uunet.uu.net> (05/28/91)
In a recent article, DONALD E. KIMBERLIN writes: > (Just think of listening to a 900 pitch EVERY time you place > a call!) > *LECs will derive yet a tertiary revenue source by tariffing a > monthly charge to *stop* the telesleaze on your order (Do we have > any *7n codes left for an "ad blocking" option?). (An aside here. Think of the controversy between per-line and per-call sleazoid blocking. ;-) Yes, and how about a magic box that detects the 'real' ringback signal and blanks audio between the rings. I can see a real market for those. I guess that THEY (the ubiquitous 'they') will then come up with the technology to fool those boxes into passing the slime through, but then a NEW IMPROVED box will have to be developed at twice the price. > ... and so on. The mind boggles, once the nausea subsides. I agree. Good Day! JSW