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Subject: Re: Re: Junk Phone Calls! - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 18-Aug-84 14:45:00 EDT
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convex!hosking    Aug 18 13:45:00 1984

Re the "Arthur Nafi" story:
There's a difference between intentionally trying to defraud the phone
company and wanting to minimize junk phone calls.  As for phone company
policy, let's consider a different situation.  Suppose you called the phone
company and explained that your grandmother was becoming forgetful, and
would be likely not to pay her bills on time.  You therefore wanted them
to send you the bills for her phone service.  I would think that there
would be no complaints from the phone company about such an arrangement,
since it is likely to increase the chance that they will get paid on time.

So now we've got a phone listed under one person's name and billed to
another.  I don't see this as a whole lot different than asking for your
phone to be listed under a different name.  As long as the phone is BILLED
to a real person, I don't think any real harm has been done.

I had an interesting experience with the phone company and names.  A
roommate had a phone installed in his name.  When he eventually moved out,
he didn't bother to call the phone company, since I wanted to keep the
phone service.  After he left, I called Ma Bell to get the name changed.
They said they couldn't do it unless he called himself.  I said that was
fine, but since his mail was not being forwarded, there would be nobody
to pay the bill.  You'd be AMAZED how quickly they agreed to change the
name!