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- Date: 11 Jan 93 16:36:11 GMT
- From: sanford@ascend.com (Curtis Sanford)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Calling 1-800 Can Cost You a Fortune
- Message-ID: <telecom13.20.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Ascend Communications, Alameda CA
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 20, Message 5 of 17
- Lines: 21
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- In article <telecom13.12.4@eecs.nwu.edu> udi@cs.washington.edu (Udi
- Manber) writes:
-
- > If you always thought that 1-800 numbers (in the US) are toll free,
- > think again. With new technology and the lack of regulations, people
- > are finding new ways to make money.
-
- > It is possible, and apparently perfectly legal, to set an 800 number
- > such that when you call you hear a recording that tells you that there
- > will be charges for the call.
-
- Typically 800 numbers are not blocked from pay phones. What happens
- if you call such a number from a pay phone? Is this a way to have
- sweet revenge on the COCOT industry?
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: See my comments in an earlier message in this
- issue. The IP's have begun keeping a data base of payphones, and they
- refused to service callers from those places. PAT]
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-