Path: utzoo!telecom-request
Date: Tue, 7 May 91 11:05:05 EDT
From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Why the Bong?
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The bong you hear after dialing (optional LD carrier access code+) 0 +
NPA + number (or 0+number where permitted in place of 0+NPA+number) is
a prompt for one of two things:

1. Punch in credit card number.

2. Get a human operator on the line for collect, third party billing, 
   person to person call, or to take credit card number if you cannot 
   punch it in (as on rotary dial phone).