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Subject: Re: Phone Credit Cards
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Hi..
    Can I ask a simple question ?
    What exactly are these calling cards from MCI etc.. ?
    Are they like credit cards? Cards that store numbers ????

    I don't think that these kind of cards are in use in England,
    the closest thing, I guess, we have are the phone cards.
    These just give you a set amount of units. ie. a 40 unit phone
    card, costing 4 pounds, will give you that many units in phone
    use. This was done to stop the vandalism of the pay phones
    whereby people would try and access the money paid into it.

       Thanks

             Chris

( cp@ukc.ac.uk )