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From: devildog!jrallen@rutgers.edu (Jon Allen)
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Subject: Re: National Telephone Services, Inc.
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Date: 2 Mar 90 12:31:17 GMT
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In article <4533@accuvax.nwu.edu> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes:
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 133, Message 7 of 10

>with respect to some COCOTs, but I also vaguely recall NTS being
>listed as the default long-distance carrier on some pay phones
>maintained by the former "baby Bell" companies. Anyone know about it?

Yup, I used several pay phones in Iowa during Christmas and one of the
companies was NTS - National Telephone Services.  They were the
default carrier on many phones in Iowa, I wasn't able to reach AT&T
from them, and the call was pretty pricey.


Jon
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