CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to

Re:CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah le... by patrickg_zill on Saturday December 15, 2018 @01:26AM (#18687342)

A friend who is in telecom told me that when talking to a prepaid calling card software company, one of the features was the ability to change by how much the prepaid calling card would overbill.

For instance, you make a 12 minute, 5 second call (12.1 minutes with 6-second billing which means 60 seconds is billed in tenths of a minute) - the software records it as say, 12.6 minutes.

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Re:CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah le... by anticensor on Saturday December 15, 2018 @02:51AM (#18687541)

Do they not have call termination logs? I am saying that because service logs have to be accurate by law.

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Re:CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah le... by patrickg_zill on Saturday December 15, 2018 @05:23PM (#18690690)

I am talking about the sort of prepaid calling cards that you might buy at a gas station or convenience store. I don't know what would happen if you called their customer service line and asked for the logs of your card...

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Re:CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah le... by elliekelly on Saturday December 15, 2018 @12:59PM (#18689480)

Do you have a source for this? I would love nothing more than for this to be true but I don't think it is. Could this be industry-specific?

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Re:CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah le... by anoncoward111 on Saturday December 15, 2018 @01:59PM (#18689759)

Not sure about his industry but all of our calls are recorded in customer service and your verbal acceptance (allegedly) makes you liable for the debt.

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