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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
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Subject: Re: Leaving Brief Messages With Free Collect Calls
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Date: 26 Aug 90 13:58:57 GMT
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In article <11345@accuvax.nwu.edu> albert@endor.harvard.edu (David
Albert) writes:

> Now, my question is, obviously the phone company (this was pre-breakup)
> couldn't have been too thrilled about this practice, but was (is) it
> illegal?  Immoral?  Perfectly okay?

Pre-breakup I can't see how there was that much of a problem. The call
would still be made, just billed in a different part of the country.
Post-breakup is a different matter, but still on average it evens out.
Sure, they're out one operator-assisted surcharge, but presumably the
calls will be longer if it's your parents (who presumably have more
disposable income) paying for it.


Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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peter@ferranti.com