There certainly was an AT&T error there. When he called about the 1st month, the rep couldn't figure out what was going on even though he should have easily seen it was all to one number and that the number was AOL. Further, he promised to send a tech out to investigate and failed to do so. That failure accounts for half of the bill.
Meanwhile, warning your customer if they're running up an unusually large and potentially unpayable bill is just part of good business.
And yeah, in this day and age, $0.36/minute for long distance is rapacious.
Need much more convincing data before I'd be comfortable to join into these happy speculations
You're damn right this country was great back when we had strong union jobs and a family could live comfortably on a single income. There were strong regulations and the top tax bracket was near 90%. Things weren't great for everyone but at least we weren't fucked like we are now.
I'd like to see where you're getting your numbers.
So tell me, how do tax cuts for the rich translate into lower deficits? Repubs have been promising that for decades and it has never worked. It's fools math the repubs like to sell to folks who don't know any better. The government requires money to run. If you're not getting the money from taxes, it needs to come from someplace else. You either need to borrow it to pick up the slack (deficit) or do cuts (which affects most people rather badly). So where does the extra money come from?
The mortgage debacle was caused by corporate greed and lack of regulation. The banks would give a loan to anyone who could fog a mirror because they could make a quick profit iby reselling those shit loans and leave someone else holding the bag. Furthermore, Bush had advance warning of 9/11 and did nothing.
Except that it is a long running pattern across corporate America. Company keeps demanding the money, threatens collections. Problem drags on for weeks. Local consumer reporter makes a call, indicates interest in airing the story and BAM! no more bill. You think that's a coincidence?
Pretty much any responsible business that bills periodically will warn a customer when they are significantly deviating from the normal charges. They already keep that information so they can itemize your bill.
POTS lines will still accept pulse dialing pretty much everywhere even though it is rarely used.
Wasn't it the liberals (Clinton specifically)
PS: Also, Clinton was a moderate at best (so is Obama). Gimme a break.
I'm on the "Lets elect someone who was smart enough to oppose the Iraq war" band wagon. Right now Bernie's all I've got. So glad we got Obama instead of Clinton.
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