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From: Sam.Troia@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Sam Troia)
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Subject: Re: Braille telephone bills
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Date: 20 Sep 90 15:58:03 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 SM> In my Chemical Bank (New York City) checking account statement 
 SM> this month -- Chemical Bank offers its statements in braille by 
 SM> the way -- there is a notice from the New York Telephone 
 SM> Company indicating that their customers may now request braille 
 SM> bills. ...  

Hi, Scott,

One thing more about these Braille phone bills that deserves mentioning.
A couple of us found out recently that only page one of your phone bill
would be in Braille.  Page one is the page which indicates your total
amount due and, I believe, any outstanding balance.  All subsequent
pages, those containing additional information about individual call
statistics, will not be provided in Braille.  From my perspective having
only the first page in Braille is not particularly useful since I still
have to rely on other means of checking the entire bill.  In fact I
rarely check over the entire bill just because it's too much of a
hassle.  And besides, to get my amount due every month I simply call
customer service and they're more than happy to give me the information.
So until or unless they start providing the entire bill in Braille, I
have no interest in receiving it.  Of course, for those who are
interested, they should be aware of what they will and will not be
receiving.

Regards,
--Your Alternative Uncle Sam

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