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From: dave%westmark@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Fun With ANI
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Date: 17 Jul 90 11:45:56 GMT
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In article <9811@accuvax.nwu.edu>, john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
writes:

> 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.

Just tried it from NJ.  It apparently didn't get the ANI, as it
prompted me for my phone number.  I entered it (908-647-xxxx) and was
then given the message for Buffalo (about 500 miles from here!).  I
know that area code 908 is a recent addition to the geography, but I
expected something more helpful than Buffalo!


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