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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Long Distance
Message-ID: <1112@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 19:02:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 19:02:25 1986
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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In article <2565@sdcrdcf.UUCP> shaprkg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Bob Shapiro) writes:
>I believe that the long distance access permits others to make calls to you
>as well as you making calls to others.  ...

This is not true.  I have a friend who recently got phone
service (in area 607) and was assigned *no* long distance
carrier and cannot make long distance calls, but can still
receive them.  (Very annoying for me!)

>   There is also talk now of the phone companies eliminating the unlimited
>calls for private residences

You have unlimited calls!?!  Zowie!  We have to buy a certain
number of message units per month and then pay for any
additional ones we use.

>   1. There is no accounting information for the user to determine if the
>phone company makes a mistake.
I challenged Illinois Bell to document the huge message unit
chages at my previous residence (a 7-adult household) and after
a delay they took away the charges.  Apparently they had no
accounting information either.
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