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From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Call-Me Card
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Date: 17 Sep 90 07:02:07 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 655, Message 3 of 14


An insert in the current Bell Canada phone bill introduces a new
restricted Calling Card, called the Call-Me Card.  Calls made on the
Call-Me Card can be made to one number only, to which (I presume) the
calls are then billed.  In other words, it's automatic collect
calling, but processed like Calling Card calls.  The charge for use is
the same as for Calling Card calls, thus cheaper than collect calls.
It can be used for calls from Canada and the U.S. and "many Caribbean
islands" and through Canada Direct.  Obtaining the card is free.

The examples given of who might want to use this card refer to family
members.  The subtext, not quite stated, is: family members who
couldn't be trusted not to run up your long-distance bill if you gave
them your Calling Card number.


Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com