Ian, I know it isn't Friday, but "watersheds" is a plural!
To be fair to ICSTIS they do seem to act and with efficiency at present.
Let's continue to give them opportunities to do so.
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Roland Perry on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 at 1:43 PM said:-
> There have been some structural changes at ICSTIS, and OFCOM as
> "awoken" and is giving them lots of support. I honestly believe that
> they will be doing much more in the future.
Honestly held opinions can be good things to believe in, but DP and
maintaining privacy appears to be about more than that, as they can fail
during changing times to maintain the opinion.
> Their recent activity to bar (and block numbers) of all unregistered
> [and surprise, surprise, none were registered] premium rate ISP
> diallers was a watershed.
Watersheds may be singular events.
Ian W
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>
> In message <000001c50863$1f388730$3c3468d5@ntlworld>, at 13:37:00 on
> Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Ian Welton <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >> There
> >> have been a couple of news stories about ICSTIS getting
> more active
> >> recently. eg:
> >
> >There is a difference between active and effective, which
> the choices
> >made about any charges and the wider impact achieved in reducing the
> >frequency would probably illustrate.
> >
> >Activity may be in ICSTIS's interest, but effectiveness
> would be in the
> >interests of all the individuals affected by the scams.
>
> There have been some structural changes at ICSTIS, and OFCOM as
> "awoken" and is giving them lots of support. I honestly believe that
> they will be doing much more in the future.
>
> Their recent activity to bar (and block numbers) of all unregistered
> [and surprise, surprise, none were registered] premium rate ISP
> diallers was a watershed.
> --
> Roland Perry
>
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