Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: jimmy@icjapan.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Residential 800 Service? Message-ID: Date: 14 Sep 89 09:42:41 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Jim Gottlieb Organization: Info Connections/VMJ, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Lines: 19 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 377, message 6 of 9 In article clements@bbn.com writes: >This has been bothering me for a few days now. Could someone please explain >why in the world one would want an 800 number in one's home? >[Moderator's Note: Depending on the time of day and other circumstances, >an 800 number is less expensive than an incoming call on a Calling Card. Maybe this belongs in soc.singles, but many people have 800 numbers so that they can give them to members of the desired sex. I find it convenient to give a woman my 800 number so that she doesn't have to pay to call me. Sure, I could always say "Call me collect", but many people are unwilling to make a collect call but will happily call an 800 number (even though it's the same thing). Jim Gottlieb (remote from Tokyo) _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ or or Fax: 011-81-3-239-7453 Voice Mail: 011-81-3-944-6221 ID#82-42-424