There was a story that when slamming was first invented in the US, somebody started a virtual phone company called "I don't care". Then they would call a punter, ask "What phone company do you want to use?". If the punter replied "I don't care" they grabbed the account. It seems that in NZ, even this trick is unnecessary. Regards Brian Carpenter On 2011-03-29 11:52, Glen Eustace wrote:
On 03/29/2011 11:17 AM, Gerard Creamer wrote:
Thanks to Paul Brislen (TUANZ) we have now found out who the 'new provider' is.
Any chance you'd consider sharing this? It will happen to someone else one of us knows and it would save a lot of shenanigans to be able to contact them right away.
Probably but not yet. I would like them to have the opportunity of 'fessing up' first. And I agree that 'It will happen to someone else' which is why I believe that the system needs to be changed.
Paul commented, off-list, that the Electricity Industry had a similar process and in the early days it was abused as well. They have got themselves sorted out, the Telco industry needs to do the same. It can't be that hard.