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From: bgsuvax!denbeste@cis.ohio-state.edu (William C. DenBesten)
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Subject: Re: Fictious Account Numbers: A Useful Service of Pacific Bell
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 From article <3548@accuvax.nwu.edu>, by optilink!cramer@ames.arc.nasa.gov 
(Clayton Cramer):

> I called Pacific Bell, and they have a service called "fictious
> account numbers" which allows one phone number to have several credit
> card numbers, each of which is subtotalled separately on your phone
> bill....

> This would seem like an ideal way to handle the traditional "end of
> the month roommates figuring out the bill" problem.

Yes, except for one small detail.  I would like to be able to disable
long distance calling without the use of a credit card.  This way if
someone tries to call 1-900-pay-cash, their mom in attu, alaska or
anything else that would cost me money, it would fail unless they put
it on their credit card.

BTW, the only phone on attu is in the coast guard station, and no moms
work there.

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William C. DenBesten   is   denbeste@bgsu.edu  or   denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet