Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekgen!tekigm2!neals From: neals@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Neal Sedell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: phone dialing Message-ID: <3084@tekigm2.TEK.COM> Date: 20 Jun 88 18:06:36 GMT References: <361@tiger.oxy.edu> <3310002@wdl1.UUCP> <2565@kitty.UUCP> <1274@ssc.UUCP> Reply-To: neals@tekigm2.UUCP (Neal Sedell) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 16 In article <1274@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes: ... >As of May 2, Pacific Northwest Bell, " a US West Company" dropped the >$0.50 a month charge for tone dialing for residential customers. I bet ... Now, if only they would drop the charge for an unlisted/unpublished number that whoever calls directory assistance PAYS FOR ANYWAY!!! Talk about shady practices by military contractors... Neal Sedell disclaimer: I am a PNB customer and dislike having to pay to not be harassed by some bozo's unsolicited solitication every other day!