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From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil>
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Subject: Re: Thirty Five Years of Recorded Announcements
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Date: 16 Aug 90 17:25:40 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 576, Message 5 of 12


Ten years ago that 900 service was started?  (Stated reason was to
handle calls received in Carter/Reagan debate, 1980.)  It was also
written in the Digest that Carter had a toll-free 900 number in 1977
for a special call-in.


[Moderator's Note: I realy don't remember if he did or not. I think
the first general use of 900 -- where it was offered for sale to
companies promoting things -- was following the Reagan/Carter debates.
Prior use, including the debate call-in was mostly experimental.  PAT]