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Subject: Re: 800 Surcharge
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Date: 25 Jun 90 14:56:00 GMT
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Regarding hotels charging for 800 numbers, Patrick writes:

>[Moderator's Note: It does *not* apply 'only to payphones', or only to
>anything else. It is a dispicable practice which AOS companies get
>away with because no one will sue them to make them stop doing it.  PT]

Actually, it is usually a despicable practice that the HOTELS
themselves are getting away with because nobody will vote with their
pocketbooks to make them stop doing it.