We Forget

11 August 2002

WE FORGET


what the telecom industry has been guilty of in the past when we hear about accounting manipulations in one of today’s giant companies. The facts show widespread abuses of customers dating back to the earliest days of the centrally planned, monopolistic industry.
Today we fight spamming and slamming. Remember the ominous tone of the phone company employee on the other end of the phone when he or she said, ”without our ’inside service’ option, any problem with your inside wiring will be your own responsibility.” These statements were being made to people who hadn’t had a change in their phone wiring in thirty years.
Now this:

Telcom Fraud: The Previous Generation [Slashdot]

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