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  2. From: rlosey@sdf.lonestar.org (Richard Losey)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: Charging for uncomplete calls
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug13.011020.10138@sdf.lonestar.org>
  6. Date: 13 Aug 92 01:10:20 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug6.224921.14809@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Aug08.221706.19296@ssc.wa.com>
  8. Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
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  11. In article <1992Aug08.221706.19296@ssc.wa.com> tad@ssc.wa.com (Tad Cook) writes:
  12. >In article <1992Aug6.224921.14809@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st901745@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
  13. >>I have heard that SPRINT charges you for a call even if the call is not 
  14. >>completed (if you wait for about 30secs worth of rings). It might now have
  15. >>been a fax/modem/voice switch..
  16.  
  17. Don't know about SRPINT, but I *know* that MCI charges according to this
  18. formula; I've had charges show up on my bill that I never had a connection to;
  19. they informed me that they started charging after 30 seconds.
  20.  
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  23. Richard W Losey              | If you can't learn to do it well,
  24. rlosey@sdf.lonestar.org      | learn to enjoy doing it badly.
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