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Subject: 950-1088
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Date: Tue, 5-Aug-86 23:53:00 EDT
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Who is 1088?

There is an ad (in Computer Retail News) that gies the number to dial as

   Newfangled toll-free phone:
   950-1088 (tone) 2-CRANIUM
      If no access try
   800-446-4462 (tone) 2-CRANIUM

who is supplying the service?  Looks like a telemarketing service that
has national access as if it were an ALDC.


[950-1088 was SBS, now MCI.  Like the other carriers, they are stuck
offering non-800 toll-free numbers.  These services ("InSprint") have
been available for years, but the confusion in usage obviously
inhibits their effectiveness.  -elmo]