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March 30, 2004

"We don't have to care. We're the phone company."

AOL Connection Leads to $2,500 Phone Bill:

Elissa Walters, 18, had gone home to Springfield, N.J., for Christmas break, turned on a new computer and called an America Online number in the 973 area code -- the Walters' home area.

Figuring it was a free local call carried by their local carrier, Verizon Communications, she left the computer on. And on. And on.

But just because the area code was the same, it didn't mean the call was local.

Confusing, predatory crap. I'm glad I don't live in a mandatory 10-digit-dialing area (yet). This is the underbelly of deregulation. One more reason for universally-accessible broadband.

Posted by Alex Harden on March 30, 2004 10:21 AM |

Comments

I would completely support PP&L if they tried to develop broadband over power lines. I believe this has been tested in Australia or Ireland.

Posted by: Jonathan | March 30, 2004 12:27 PM

Being done in North Carolina region and in the Buffington household. ;)

Posted by: Scotbuff | March 30, 2004 2:03 PM

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