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Subject:    Re: What earthlink really does - was Earthlink fraudulently
From:       "Rusty H. Hodge" <rusty () hodge ! com>
Date:       2001-08-23 23:30:45
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http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_746541,00.html

EarthLink Snags FirstWorld Subscribers
By Thor Olavsrud

Atlanta-based EarthLink Wednesday picked up an estimated 125,000 
dial-up subscribers with the acquisition of FirstWorld Internet 
Services' dial-up subscriber base.

The subscribers were put on the block by FirstWorld parent Verado, 
which is in the process of divesting its non-core business assets to 
focus on the Web hosting and managed services industry.

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>Hrmm. There was an old firstworld account charged to this card. They don't
>appear to be owned by Earthlink now, though.
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>On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Rusty H. Hodge wrote:
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>>  You probably had an account in the past at some small ISP that
>>  earthlink bought. This happened to my girlfriend, only they're
>>  sending her paper bills, refuse to cancel until she sends a certified
>>  letter (never mind that she cancelled long before earthlink bought
>>  her old ISP). So now they're threatening to turn her over to
>>  collections.
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>>  We know someone else who had this same thing happen. An account they
>>  cancelled with an old ISP suddenly became an Earthlink account. Or
>>  course, they don't know the password for it. They're just getting
>>  charges from Earthlink now...
>>
>>  So to summarize: Earthlink is buying ISPs, and re-activating their
>>  old cancelled customers, and starting to bill them. A great way to
>>  add new customers and prop up the stock price.
>>
>>  PS-
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>>  There is a lot of conjecture and guessing going on about this topic
>>  on the list.  I know first hand some of it is wrong. Years ago, I had
>>  an autobilling problem with "The Source" (old timers will remember
>>  them as Compuserve's competitor in the 80s). Even though we cancelled
>>  the credit card, they still billed us for a year after that. The is a
>>  policy that after a card is cancelled, you are still liable to
>>  charges on it you made for a period of X days after the card was last
>>  used. So autobilling like this can go on and on.
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>>  Also, the card issuing banks (Citibank, MBNA, etc) profit from the
>>  chargebacks.
>>
>>  The Merchant Banks who service your merchant account, *they* don't
>>  like it when you get chargebacks and will dump you. They're not the
>>  same as the card issuing banks.
>>
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