Date: Fri, 21 May 1993 02:35:20 -0700 From: George A. Gleason <gg@well.sf.ca.us> [....] it. So sign with Working Assets and write them a note telling them you want to see a phonecard-only option soon, and chances are they'll be responsive if they get enough of those. Especially if they're getting them from people who used to have accounts with teh Big Three. ^^^ ^^^^^ Isn't Working Assets just a reseller of AT+T (or is it Sprint) LD? As such, you're still giving business to one of "the Big Three".

I used to sell Working Assets. In answer to the question about reselling of the lines, it works like this: 1. All the phone companies lease some lines from other companies in order to access all regions in order to provide equal access and competitivesness. This opened the door for small start up companies to lease lines instead of setting up whole new systems. There are quite afew companies who do this. Working Assets leases from Sprint. They, unlike AT&T don't provide all the communication system contracts for the govt. and military. 2. In response to the person who said that WA's plan of calling on specific issues wreaks of the same type of Big Brotherism as the others: Everyone has a choice as to what they say to the people targetted. Plus the phone call IS free. Third if the privacy opponents and right wingers and conservatives are wielding havoc on our system why shouldn't we have access to the same methods to affect govt. policy as they do. WA has actually published # that while public are not listed in any directories. This is a useful tool. Lets not waste the resources we have.