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From:   Geiser, Joe[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, September 07, 1996 2:36 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
Subject:        Re: Pager Scam (fwd)
 
Joe Geiser comments:
 
Basically, these numbers cover both US Possessions as well as
non-US countries.  This means that if someone sets up in the
Bahamas, or Bermuda, or the British VI, all of which do not fall
under FCC jurisdiction, they are considered "offshore"
 
The area code is a convienience.  Example - a local number in
Bermuda is five digits (two digit exchange, three digit number) -
such as 35-910.  The two digits before the "35" indicate Bermuda
and basically is a country code, so if dialing (and this is off my head,
I don't have the "actual" code) 809-223-5910, which looks like a
regular phone number, it is in actuality, area code 809, 22 (for
Bermuda, although this is not the actual number, again, I forget
the real number), and then 35-910, which is the local number.
Bermuda is not a US Possession and does not fall under FCC
jurisdiction or US Laws.<<
 
Joe, you mean there are the possibility of only 99,999 telephone
numbers in Bermda?  With hotels as well as residential phones,
this seems like very few.
 
In reference to being "beyond the jurisdiction of the FCC"  this seems odd.
After all:
 
1. The call is being made from the US and uses US communication lines
to get to Bermuda.
 
2.  Collection for the toll is done through a local (US) phone company.
 
If it were mew ho was being billed, I would simply refuse to pay the
charge.
 
Nick  [log in to unmask]