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From: dam@mtqua.att.com (Daniel A Margolis)
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Subject: Re: How To Dial Locally
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John Levine writes:

>Also, in Harvard Square I came across one of these Call America COCOTs
>that offers a flat rate of 25 cents/minute anywhere in the continental
>U.S., and states that you get AT&T calling card or collect rates
>otherwise.  The phone didn't work, of course, but if it did it's the
>first decent COCOT ever.

This doesn't seem so decent when you consider that you can make the
same call for 11.5 cents/minute on nights or weekends with Reach Out
America.  MCI's Prime Time is probably similar.  I would think that
most people in Harvard Square (students) make enough calls (at night)
to warrant a calling plan.


Dan Margolis
dam@mtqua.att.com

Disclaimer:  I don't have anything to do with long distance, except that I
             pay a bill each month.