> > and its only legal if the FCC does not regulate you as a telecom
> > company. Sprint, Qwest, AT&T, etc tried to do that and they lost in
> > court. "self help blocking" was what they called it.
>
> How do regulated telecom companies get away with blocking anything else
> like International, Toll, and 900/976 numbers? Could a carrier just as
> easily play a message saying "this number not included in your
> 'unlimited' plan" and then complete the call at per min rates?
>
900/976 is by user request. International is not the same as domestic,
which is what this was in context to.
I do not know if playing a message and billing per minute would be
acceptable, the carriers did not do that so it was not raised in the
court case.
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