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From: lars@spectrum.cmc.com (Lars Poulsen)
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Subject: Re: Call-Me Card
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Date: 20 Sep 90 18:48:41 GMT
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In article <12290@accuvax.nwu.edu> msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:

>An insert in the current Bell Canada phone bill introduces a new
>restricted Calling Card, called the Call-Me Card.

>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.

AT&T has been issuing these for a while; several of my friends with
kids at college have been giving these to their kids; it's
colloquially referred to at an "E.T." card (after the little guy who
needed to "phone home").


Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM