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From: wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil (Will Martin)
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Subject: Talk to a Pioneer
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Date: 13 Nov 90 14:11:41 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 818, Message 7 of 9

Reference the recent discussion of Telephone Pioneers: if you want to
talk to a Telephone Pioneer, they staff the "Contact 2"
consumer-assistance phone lines run by Channel 2 (KTVI) here in St.
Louis. These lines are open for calls from 11 AM - 1 PM and 5-7 PM
Central Time, at these numbers:

800-782-2222   314-282-2222

I don't know if there is any geographic limit on the 800 number; do
these new 800 services still have geographic limits, or has the old
concept of "WATS Bands" disappeared with the flood of competing
800-providers?

I have no idea how busy these people are with the consumer-affairs
service this is designed to provide -- if things are slow, they might
be willing to chat about the Pioneers and telecom issues. If you have
a consumer problem with a company in the St. Louis area, you can use
these numbers to register a complaint or get information or maybe help
with the difficulty. (The other two mjor network-affiliate TV stations
in this region also have such lines, but they don't have the Pioneers,
which is what makes this Telecom-related.)

Regards, 

Will
wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil OR wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil