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From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
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Subject: Re: 976 in Massachusetts
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Date: 8 Jan 90 14:30:04 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 14, message 4 of 13

My impression is that the phone sex crowd are dedicated enough to send
in a postcard one time to get the 940 numbers turned on.

I have philosophical problems with all of the 900 style surcharged
numbers because unlike any other number you can dial, the number
itself gives you no idea of how much the call will cost.  I think they
should do something like prefixing each call with a message: "This
call to <provider> will cost <amount> per minute, starting at the
third beep" followed by three slow beeps to give you time to hang up.
Truth in labelling and all that.


Regards,
John