TK0JUT1@niu.bitnet (jt) (09/14/90)
Has anybody heard, or does anybody have evidence, of a long distance carrier blocking BBS (or other numbers) with or without notifying the calling or receiving parties? Teleconnect had this policy a few years ago and there was a suit against them by a group in Iowa. Does anybody know how that suit was resolved? Have there been any recent instances of litigation that anybody knows of? Jim Thomas [Moderator's Note: I think Telecom*USA still engages in this practice, of blocking paid calls to numbers where they (Telecom*USA), in their sole discretion don't like the nature of the conversation. The calling party is notified of course by the recording that his 'call cannot be completed as dialed' ... I am anticipating that a suit will be filed soon against AT&T for their practice of refusing to honor their own credit card if they don't like where you are calling from and/or where you are calling to. Suits against telcos do not resolve easily. The telcos have a huge amount of money and time to spend in litigation. PAT]