Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!sri-unix!sri-spam!mordor!lll-tis!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!ETN-WLV.EATON.COM!pete%wlbr From: pete%wlbr@ETN-WLV.EATON.COM (Pete Lyall) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: my new FONCARD Message-ID: <1133@wlbr.EATON.COM> Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 16:50:56 EDT Article-I.D.: wlbr.1133 Posted: Wed Sep 30 16:50:56 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Oct-87 23:09:59 EDT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pete%wlbr%etn-wlv.eaton.com@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (0000-Pete Lyall) Distribution: world Organization: Eaton IMS, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 21 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu In article sr16+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Seth Benjamin Rothenberg) writes: > >Reading the fine print, I found that the FONCARD is valid only >for calls on Sprint's Fiber Optic Network(FON). To use the >FON costs roughly twice what it costs to use the regular nextwork. >I threw mine out. I called to see what the deal was and was told that the only difference charge-wise was that there is an initial .50 charge when you use the card. You can however terminate the first call and make subsequent calls without redialing, or being re-charged. Is anyone aware if this untrue, or if there are other gotchas?? -- Pete Lyall Usenet: {trwrb, scgvaxd, ihnp4, voder, vortex}!wlbr!pete Compuserve: 76703,4230 (OS9 Sysop) OS9 (home): (805)-985-0632 (24hr./1200 baud)