Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Fun With ANI Message-ID: <9811@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 17 Jul 90 02:48:11 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 18 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 491, Message 4 of 7 An OTC pharmacutical company is sponsoring something called "Pollen Trak" (with the same announcer on the machine that did "Weather Trak"). You call the number and you get a pollen report for your area. Based on the ANI data obtained in real time you are given, supposedly, the correct report. It gives me a Sacramento area report; that's hardly useful since San Jose is somewhat outside Sacramento's geographic sphere of influence. If you wish to play, the number is 800 325-5374. Be warned, however, that the way I found out about this was from a news story that talked about people complaining against the junk calls and mail generated by the scooped up ANI. I used one of my Telebit lines to make the call. If they call back they will have to log in! John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !