GE>I will say this only one more time. The phone system is the property of
  >private enterprise -- not the government. The telephone system is
  >available for the public to use, but it is the property of the various
  >phone companies.
You miss the point.  Anyway even if you were correct, which you are 
not; it remains that those public telephone companies also use the 
airways which are a public resource and not their private property.
GE>Not at all. I am not dictating what you or anyone should do. I am merely
  >repeating the simple truth about the way things are. Things are not
  >true because I say they are true. I say they are true because they are.
Needless to say, your determination of that is absolute and not subject 
to error or misconception; right?
CH> Hmmmmmmm......I think you really must be a Bell
CH> Atlantic associate.
GE>I've made no secret of the fact that I work for a company that is an
  >agent of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile.
And your demeanor is indicative of that relationship.
GE>In two years of running Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile credit reports, I
  >have never had them turn anyone down who would have qualified for credit
  >from other sources. I spent a year and a half with a company that sold
Well, when a person with no bad credit, some good credit and a net
worth of over 1/2 million dollars plus ownership of valuable real 
estate can't get a cell phone without a $800.00 deposit....while a
near derilict living in an old van CAN get a cell phone without a
deposit there is something wrong.
GE>Landline phone companies don't also provide a subsidised phone. And
  >landline service isn't nearly as much a luxury as cellular phone
  >service.
Cellular telephone service is NOT a luxury.  For some people, who are
very mobile it is the ONLY phone service that will work for them.  And,
thank you for mentioning the subsidized phone.....it reinforces my
argument that these deposits are based on other than reasonable and
valid reasons; and that Bell Atlantic Nynex engages in deceptive trade
practices.
GE>I've only seen one credit request come back with a $1000 deposit. Of the
  >hundreds of credit requests I've run, the majority were approved, and of
  >those that required a deposit, the majority were for only $200. And I
  >got BANM to waive at least half of the ones that the computer tagged at
  >$200 by getting a human to take a closer look.
The example I gave earlier resulted in the BANM representative calling
to get credit to review the request with them being unwilling to lower
the deposit under $500.00.  The sales rep admitted that Bell Atlantic
was discriminating against young people.
GE>I don't know where you came up with your ideas about BANM credit
  >policies. But it's flat out wrong.
Just because YOU say so; right?  No, George, I am not flat out or
otherwise wrong.  My statements are based upon fact and not folly as
are some of yours.
Charles
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