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From: scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott)
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Subject: Vanity Phone Numbers
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Date: 29 Sep 90 00:41:36 GMT
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I just read that my local phone company, Illinois Bell, is going to
start offering "Vanity" Phone Numbers (i.e. numbers that spell words
which customers will be able to choose themselves) for "only" $38. An
Illinois Bell rep was quoted as saying that Illinois bell charges
"only" $38 because they don't want to gouge their customers. Bend
over, Illinois - up 'til now, you could get a "vanity" number FOR FREE
(I know, I've requested and been given several over the past four
years, and they never cost me a penny extra).  Now we'll have to pay
"only" $38...

Incidentally, this comes immediately after Illinois Bell did away with
our unlimited local calling option here in Central Illinois. :-(


Scott Coleman                                     scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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[Moderator's Note: Previously, we never paid for a number of choice if
the number was within our own CO. We always paid if the number of
choice was outside the CO ... it had to be handled like an FX line.  PAT]