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Author Re: Right of mobile phone companies to pass on third party charges
PeeGee

2008-01-27, 7:33 am

Steve Terry wrote:
> "PeeGee" <triessuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:fnhmju$21j$1@ai
oe.org...
> When I had a T Mobile contract I was able to switch barring on myself
> from my T Mobile online account.
> Or you can call T Mobile CS and get them to do it.


Maybe not available on PAYG - though if you mean the "charge to account
bar" that I have enabled, this does not cover reverse charged SMS,
according to CS :-(

>
> I believe Ofcom should make all the networks should offer reverse
> charging SMS barirng as an opt in.
> Only T mobile offer it at all as an opt out.


I would prefer reverse charged SMS to be barred by default and the
customer required to "opt out" of barring.

>
> Of course the networks would lose a lot of money if you had to opt in,
> and i'm sure so few people would, it would mean the end of reverse
> charge SMS.
>
> Steve Terry
>
>


Which seems to be the preference of most here :-)

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