Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: goodman%cdp.uucp@eecs.nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Goodbye 415-976! It was nice knowing you! Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 89 20:38:56 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 195, message 3 of 9 The audiotext information providers have been losing a $bundle$ on calls placed outside the local billing area. They've been literally going batsh*t over the issue and are pressuring ALL carriers to block access to 976 #s outside the local billing area. AT&T has it's own reasons to comply with such requests: they've got a 900 service that would be happy to host information providers on a national basis. --Harry Goodman hplabs!cdp!goodman Disclaimer? Oh. "I mean what I say and say what I mean but CdP/IGC refuse to be responsible for my debts much less my words." [Moderator's Note: But can I get it billed on my Reach Out at twelve cents a minute? The one thing about 415-976 for us Chicagoans: it was *cheap* thrills. (Making obscene, Bronx-cheer like noises.) PT]