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Subject: Re: Leaving Brief Messages With Free Collect Calls
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Date: 27 Aug 90 21:21:51 GMT
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There was or is available, in PA exchanges adjoining "Phila. metro"
(this is in area 215 -- an example would be West Chester), metro
service as an option.  As a result, you could have a local call from,
say, West Chester to Philadelphia, but not the other way around; and I
did, years ago, hear of a case where one ring followed by hanging up
was used (from the Philadelphia end, and then the person at the far
end -- here, that's West Chester -- would call).