Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:27:37 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: tj-fbsd@funbox.demon.co.uk, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Phone rates Message-ID: <4.1.19981221172549.06d732c0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <367ED766.C2941435@uk.radan.com> References: <4.1.19981221111410.06cbb650@mail.lariat.org>
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At 11:19 PM 12/21/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: >> I do recall that some pay phones in the UK also rejected the 0800 >> number for my MCI international calling card. Why? The phone was >> owned by a company that had an exclusive deal with AT&T. They >> blocked calls to anyone else's 800 number. >> > >Don't know. I didn't think that sort of thing was allowed. Not only did they do it, but an operator rudely refused to connect me. He told me, quite frankly, that I could bloody well go to another pay phone, because he'd lose his job if he put me through to MCI long distance. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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