[geeks] Verizon's Int'l Call Blocking - doesn't

[Phil Stracchino]

On 10/29/10 16:31, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>  Hopefully someone can help me on this.
> 
> A POTS phone line from Verizon, which I have always had international
> call blocking on, was used to make a 19-minute call to Europe.  Total
> charges:  $80 ($4 a minute basically), which of course the real value of
> it is like $1.00 or less.
> 
> How is it, that a Verizon-provided line, using Verizon's LD service, did
> not actually block an international outgoing call?  Is there some
> "trick" that I am not aware of that allows such calls to be made?

I'm given to understand the Senate is currently ripping them a new
asshole over exactly this.  As I understand it, they will now - or
shortly - be required to give you a warning when you're about to make a
call that you do not have a service plan for that will cost in excess
of, iirc, $1/minute.


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