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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
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Subject: Re: the "real" winner in DH poll
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 15:59:06 EDT
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> The "real" winner in NBC's DH poll was the phone company with over
> $100,000 in revenue, almost all profit.
> 
> These 900 number phone ins are the greatest thing to hit phone company's
> pockets since long distance.

Much of the $100,000 goes to the company running the number (most 900
numbers are set up for the benefit of the company who rents the
number, with the phone company making little more than it does on
other business services), in this case NBC.  NBC had announced that
their share of the proceeds would go to charity, though I don't recall
if they announced which.  In this particular case, if NBC named only
one receipient, X, than charity X is the biggest winner, with AT&T
coming in second.

					David Rubin
			{allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david