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- From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
- Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
- Subject: Re: Pay Per View (was Re: SPICE)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.203412.21719@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:32:34 GMT
- References: <2132.159.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <1992Dec19.014512.21512@gallant.apple.com>
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- In article <1992Dec19.014512.21512@gallant.apple.com>, Owen Rubin <rubin@apple.com> writes...
- >And while we are on Pay per View, I noticed that Request 1 and 2 are now
- >selling to the public, but NOT through VideoPal. You have to call Netlink
- >to order the movie. I subscribe from Netlink, and if they take as long to
- >answer
- >the call to order the movie as they do for normal customer service, your
- >going
- >to miss half the movie! Anybody have more info on why they are not using
- >the
- >VideoPal?
-
- They were supposed to have been testing the use of ANI (Automatic Number ID,
- available to users of 800 services) which would mean that you don't have to
- wait to speak to a human to order the movie. No idea of they are actually doig
- this. In theory, they could make your VideoPal do the dialing for you; the
- VCII+ has some capability to deal with ANI style ordering. Again, I have no
- idea if it is actually in use.
-
- gary
-