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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 00:39:37 EDT
- From: capek@watson.ibm.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Information Calls Direct to Desired Party
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 703, Message 8 of 12
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- Alec Isaacson writes:
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- > I was listening to the radio last night and I heard a commercial from
- > Cincinnati Bell offering a service called "Call Completion". The
- > commercial went on to say that if you call 555-1212 (rather than 411)
- > for directory assistance you can hit a touch tone 1 after the number
- > is looked up and be connected to that number. (Then it went on to
- > rave about how you will never need to fumble for pen and paper again :)
- > The verbal "fine print" said this service cost $0.35 a pop, fee waived
- > for busy numbers, not available in certain areas or on rotary phones.
-
- And as a side-effect, by not fumbling, you've neglected to write down
- the number, so can pay 35 cents the next time, as well ...
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