Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Tom Betz Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 900 With a Twist Message-ID: <5234@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 15 Mar 90 21:40:46 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Tom Betz Organization: Greyston Business Services Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 177, Message 7 of 10 Quoth Jeffrey Silber in <5071@accuvax.nwu.edu>: |X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 166, Message 5 of 11 |900 numbers are often run for less-than-noble purposes (e.g. getting |kids to run up their parents' phone bill). I saw a new twist on the |900 number this weekend. A local PBS station (WVIA/Scranton) is using |one for part of their telethon. If you don't want to make a major |pledge, you can "give your support by calling our 900 number. Remember, |your call will cost $5.00." WNET has been doing it for about a year... initially the calls were $10 each, but now they have both $10 and $20 lines. They use them to "shorten the on-air pledge period"... "I don't run - I tend to black my eyes." - D.Parton | hombre!marob!upaya!tbetz | tbetz@upaya.lilink.com "One minute I'm in the pasture porkin' ponies, | Tom Betz - GBS the next I'm a can of Mighty Dog!" - Secretariat | (914) 375-1510