That gas problem is happening here in Mexico as the goverment is selling
part of their natural gas distribution to private companies. It's not that
somebody digs the street in front of your house, simply put, you get billed
by a different company, the same as with longdistance carriers, it's the
same phone cable from the street to your house, etc.

Rogerio





John.Shreffler@AVENUETECH.COM on 05/06/98 03:14:27 PM

Please respond to John.Shreffler@avenuetech.com

To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
cc:    (bcc: Rogerio Odriozola/MTY/TVA/Dataflux)
Subject:  Re: [OT] Games with gas supply




I can see how someone can change your longdistance carrier,
but how does anyone dig up the street in front of your house
and change the gas lines without you or your gas company
knowing about it?
-----Original Message-----
From:   Andy Kunz [SMTP:mtdesign@FAST.NET]
Sent:   Thursday, June 04, 1998 12:34 PM
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Re: [OT] Games with gas supply
>Hmm, can you please explain me, how someone can change your
>gas/electricity/anything supplier without your permission ? It is not
>necessary to sign some kind of contract in Canada ?
>I don't understand how somebody can change anything with copy of bill etc.
It is very possible here.  Until very recently, power and other utility
companies were strictly regulated.  With the advent of deregulation (ie,
changing to a market-based economy), the USA has also created an atmosphere
in which illegal activities are more easy to perform.
Andy

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