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Subject: Re: Finding Out the "Real" Number Behind a 1-800 Number
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Date: 21 Dec 89 07:47:34 GMT
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Fred Goldstein <goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com> writes:
 
>Accepting a call on an 800 line is equivalent to paying for it.  These
>lines may be billed on a minutes-of-use basis, without regard for the
>source of the call.  So if you did know the underlying non-800 number,
>it would be billed as an 800 call anyway.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding Fred's point, but I think that it is
entirely incorrect.  I can dial into my home phone number through
either an 800 number, or the normal number.  When someone dials my
number directly (not 800), the call surely doesn't appear on my
FONLINE 800 bill from US Sprint!


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