Responding to an account reactivation request includes receiving an
account reactivation request from a former subscriber having a
deactivated account and automatically accessing stored account
information related to the deactivated account based on the account
reactivation request. The stored account information is compared with a
reactivation standard to produce a comparison result. Based on the
comparison result a response to the reactivation request is provided. The
receiving, accessing, comparing, and responding may be performed by a
computer without interaction between the former subscriber and a service
representative.