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From: slr@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Rhoades)
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Subject: Re: Autoconnect From DA in PA
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Date: 21 Oct 90 23:10:11 GMT
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In article <13846@accuvax.nwu.edu> wybbs!ken@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (Ken
Jongsma) writes:

>Apparently, when you ask for a directory
>number in PA, you get the usual computer generated answer, followed by
>the suggestion that for an additional 30 cents, you can be connected
>automatically. Presumably, these are for local calls, or perhaps in
>addition to the toll charges.

This service is available in the northern section of Oakland, Calif.
also.  An otherwise local call costs 35 cents (normally 20 cents).

Apparently it's only available from "real" (Pac*Bell) coin phones.


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