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From: lfd@lcuxlq.att.com (Leland F Derbenwick)
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Subject: Re: Call-Me Card
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Date: 20 Sep 90 12:16:39 GMT
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In article <12290@accuvax.nwu.edu>, msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:

> 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.

Or ones whose roommates can't be trusted not to steal a peek and give
copies to their friends, etc., etc., etc.

This has been available in the U.S. (from AT&T, at least) for a few
years.  (I would imagine that all the long-distance carriers have it
by now.)

  Speaking strictly for myself,

    Lee Derbenwick, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Warren, NJ
    lfd@cbnewsm.ATT.COM  or  <wherever>!att!cbnewsm!lfd