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Subject: MCI Starts 900 Service; Limits Charges to $4.00
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Date: 9 Dec 90 21:30:10 GMT
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MCI announced recently they will be starting to offer 900 service
after the first of the year. A variety of programs will be available
from a variety of information providers, making their 900 service
similar to all the others. There is one exception: MCI has said they
will arrange to limit charges to $4.00 on services pertaining to
children, in an effort to anticipate and limit losses to parents whose
children call without permission, i.e. Santa Claus messages, etc.

MCI is to be congratulated for making this responsible effort to
mitigate the expense otherwise incurred by unwitting users of 900
services. It was not clear to me if they intend to place the $4.00
limit on each *call*, or on total calls per billing period, or what.
If one of our MCI readers has more information, they might like to
pass it along.


Patrick Townson