Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: US Sprint Rep Responds to Comments in the Digest Message-ID:Date: 11 Aug 89 18:34:57 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) Lines: 32 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 291, message 4 of 9 In article eli@chipcom.com writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 278, message 4 of 12 >I talked to my pal at US Sprint. he responded to the following 3 questions: >?? Any comment on the Port Authority / Grand Central FONcard shutdowns? > some netters complained that this was an evil thing to do, since > John Doe Just Off The Bus could not use his FONcard upon arriving > in NYC. > .. "The shutdown was not for all of Port Authority / Grand Central, it > was just for a few payphones that were causing the trouble. John Doe > is probably better off being prohibited from using the phone than if > he did use the phone and someone watched over his shoulder, stole his > FONcard number, and racked up thousands of calls on his bill." This is one of the reasons why I dropped Sprint in favor of AT&T. It is not the first time a telco decided what was in my best interest. When I used to live and do business in NYC and had to contact someone long distance, I ended up getting a card from NY Tel before returning the card to Sprint. What I thought was even funnier was that after I paid off the last bill I kept getting bills with a zero balance. After six months of it, I finally got through to their 800 number on the first try to remind them I changed LD companies and to stop sending me bills. This was a couple of years ago (started about six months after NY Tel sent out their "ballots" on Long Island), I hope they've improved their billing now! -- scott barman {gatech, emory}!dtscp1!scott