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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: Fun With ANI
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Date: 17 Jul 90 14:24:31 GMT
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In article <9811@accuvax.nwu.edu> John writes:

>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.

When I called, it asked me to dial my number, so I gave them the
number of the time-of-day lady in Boston (which happens to be a normal
phone number, not a 976) and they give me the pollen count for New
York.  Oh, well.  I thought that 800 ANI delivery was only implemented
for extremely high volume Megacom applications, which this is probably
not.

Regards,

John Levine, johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl