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From: jeff@dsndata.uucp (Jeff Minnig)
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Subject: Overseas Collect Calls
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Date: 23 Jun 89 01:01:57 GMT
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[Moderator's Note: This message, dated *May 22* was delayed, for reasons
unknown, in reaching me. Mr. Minnig probably thinks I ignored him. Sorry! PT]

        Heard an amusing story from an employee of my regular fill'er up
        gas station the other day.  It seems that someone in Lebanon
        has been calling the station's pay phone collect to talk to
        a friend for hours at a time.  The average length of the call
        was just over 1 hour.

        The local phone company is pretty much up in arms about the whole
        deal.  Seems that overseas collect calls are EXPENSIVE... :-)

        If you try to call a pay phone collect from a phone here in
        the U.S., the operator knows that you shouldn't be doing that.

        Is is possible to call a pay phone collect from overseas in
        this manner?

        Besides larceny and possible intent to defraud, what can
        the local phone company do with the person(s) even if they
        do catch them?


        Thanks

        -jeff-

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