Re: Ascend Max-Up program E-mail correction (fwd)
Joe Hartley (jh@metheny.brainiac.com)
Fri, 8 Nov 96 00:26:19 EST
> > The kicker came about a month ago. One night, every half-hour or so,
> > our fax machine started spewing an 8 page fax from Ascend. We got
> > 5 of them before we turned the FAX off.
>
> By U.S. Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any
> unsolicited advertisement to a telephone fax machine (as defined by
> Sec.227(a)(2)(B)); Sec.227(b)(3)(C) indicates that a violation of
> Sec.227(b)(1)(C) is punishable by action to recover actual monetary
> loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation.
>
> That's $2500 you're sitting on there, brother. ;)
Damn, and I threw them away like the worthless bits of marketing
hype that they were. I guess I'll keep this citation around for when
they do it again :)
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Joe Hartley - jh@brainiac.com - brainiac services, inc
PO Box 5069 : Greene, RI : 02827 - vox 401.539.9050 : fax 401.539.2070
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