September 21, 2004, here on slacktivist: Keeping Score
Get used to hearing about credit scoring. It’s the wave of the future for utilities, insurance companies — even for phone, cable and Internet providers.
The basic idea is to charge different rates to different customers based on customers’ FICO scores. The upshot will be that poor people, young people, the retired and the recently widowed will be charged more than other, wealthier people for an array of services.
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