Anti-Slam Protection

I think it stinks that we have to take the responsibility to keep our phone service from being slammed. I think that when companies want to be our long distance provider they should have to ask. I just spent the last 15 minutes on the phone verifying who I am. Then I had to talk to a third party to say that yes, I want anti-slamming protection on my phone service. Sheesh. There is something wrong with this picture.