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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg "Bucket" Woods)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Phone service question
Message-ID: <1225@hao.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Oct-84 20:38:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 21 20:38:08 1984
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> I tried once to offer my local phone company the FCC reg. # on my
> phones/modem, but they wouldn't even bother to take down the information.

   Since there was a notice with my modem saying that I was required to
report that information to the local phone company, I dutifully called
Mountain Bell. They took down the information. I asked the guy why
they wanted it, and he said that if they are repairing, testing or
checking lines, it helps to know there might be a modem in use on
a given line.
  Now that the local phone companies are independent, rumor has it that
there may soon be an extra charge for those using modems. I think
this was discussed somewhere on the net some time ago.

--Greg
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