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[William Bagwell]

On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:46 pm, Geoffrey wrote:

> The only way I can deal with a company the size of Bellsouth
> is through my wallet and sharing my experiences.

Have not been with a Bell in 17 years, will share two.

Just after the breakup of AT&T, Bellsouth apparently started pouring over 
old records searching for *anything* they could send a bill for. My parents 
received a bill for rental of a hearing impaired device my mother had 
tested in the early *60s*! 

Huge bill, many hundreds of dollars! We politely told them to stick it. 
Explained that the device had not worked in the first place, had not been 
seen or used in almost twenty years. No idea if it had been returned, if 
return had been requested. Or simply thrown away....

Though Bellsouth dropped the issue for my parents, how many others received 
similar bills and simply paid them?

Just a few months ago, someone on the internal TDS newsgroup was bemoaning 
the fact he was moving soon and would have to go back to a Bell. Moving with 
in the state of *Wisconsin*. I suggested Speakeasy:)

Do we see a pattern here?
-- 
William