Re: [b] --This is interesting

["Jon Holyfield" <jonholyfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for the top posting

I'll reply to this in the morning if  I get time.

Jon
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From: "V3lvetpresley" <velvetpresley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [b] --This is interesting


> > It's a shitter - but we're tied. And quite often it's made out to be OUR
> > fault - I get so much shit over this, it's untrue."
> >
> > Do you not have an obligation to tell them how much its costing ?
>
> What, when they ask? Yeah - we tell them. But the problem is that most of 
> these porn diallers are the dodgy ones - ie - flash in the pan companies 
> that have managed to get around ICSTIS, the regulatory body within the UK 
> for this sorta thing (BTW - if you ever have to ask what the fuck that 
> 0906 number is on your bill - look here - 
> http://www.icstis.org.uk/icstis2002/PhoneNumberLookup/AskPhoneNumber.asp)  
> - We now have software that notifies us when Premium rate calls have been 
> made - so we can contact the customer and ask if they are aware - but 
> obviously, the calls have been made by then - and there is usually a two 
> day backlog from the carrier.
>
> So, to answer the question I think you asked, we can't say "0906 numbers 
> cost X amount", because, apart from very rare cases, the 
> company/individual that set up the number sets the rate. And they don't 
> have to tell us - they have to inform the end user, but they don't always 
> do that.
>
>
> "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"
>
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>
> Velvetpresley.
>
>
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>
> "Steve Wilkinson is excellent and should have his own television show"


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Yes, Des, I'm Margaret Thatcher.


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