Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Ken Thompson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Thanks For Calling Message-ID: <10997@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 16 Aug 90 15:52:46 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, KS Lines: 21 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 577, Message 5 of 8 DA within the area code is 1411 here. After talking to the human we hear the computer say: "Thank you for calling $outhwestern Bell. The number [you requested] is 666-1234 repeat 666-1234." So are they just thanking me for my money? Who the heck else am I going to call for DA? Ken Thompson N0ITL NCR Corp. 3718 N. Rock Road Wichita,Ks. 67226 (316)636-8783 Ken.Thompson@wichita.ncr.com They are thanking you in the same way the operators years ago used to ask Number Please, and Thank You. Not that there was any real competition, but simply as a way of courteously responding. PAT]