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From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: TDD Bulleting Boards!
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Date: 10 Oct 90 03:01:51 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Jack O'keeffe of 1:129/26 wrote to Ann Stalnaker: 

 JO>  Actually, some folks have been able to make out of state calls with
 JO>  it, Annie.  But don't tell AT&T or they'll close the door :-)  The
 JO>  in-state restriction may be an accomodation based on the fact that
 JO>  the relay is funded by a whopping 8 cent per month surcharge on all
 JO>  residential phone lines.  Wow, that's almost a whole dollar per year
   =
   Since the Relay is being operated for PA Bell by AT&T, I suspect that 
customers who have selected AT&T as their long distance provider will have 
little trouble making out of state calls since they are billed for the actuall 
call anyway and AT&T isn't about to turn paying customers away.  The big 
problem is that we can't get incoming calls from out of state because people in 
other states can't call the 800 number and, so far, there is no non-800 number 
to the Relay.
   As far as I know, AT&T is the only long distace provider that has TDD 
operators so I specifically requested AT&T for my LD service.
 

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