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From: dave%westmark@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Best and Worst (was: Labor Day, 1990)
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Date: 11 Sep 90 03:11:41 GMT
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In article <11894@accuvax.nwu.edu>, rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
writes:

> I've been to, and used the phone system in, about 40 countries in the
> last two years.
 ...
> Here is an exercise for you Americans.  Imagine yourself standing on a
> street corner downtown in your city with nothing but lots of cash and
> a Visa card.  You do not have a "home phone" in this country.  You
> don't want to make the callee pay for the call. How would you make a
> long distance phone call?

I would look for a multi-carrier public phone, and insert that VISA
card, and dial away...

Seriously, several of the toll carriers accept VISA, MasterCard, and
American Express in payment for toll calls.


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