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Date: 6 May 91 20:01:23 GMT
From: Bernard Fran Collins <collins@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
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Subject: Why the Bong?
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Perhaps this has been discussed before.  Is there a good reason why a
credit card call must contain a pause in the dialing in order to wait
for the bong?  Why can't the card number be delivered to the LD
carrier without such a pause?  Is there a shortcut?  What does the
bong really do anyway?


Skip Collins, collins@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu