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- From: rpeou@athena.mit.edu (Rith Peou)
- Subject: Suggestion for phone device
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.014144.20600@athena.mit.edu>
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- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:41:44 GMT
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- Hello. I hope this is the right news group for this post, but if there is
- a more appropriate news group, please point the way.
-
- We have a problem with people dialing long distance on our phone. Even
- if we block the long distance calls, a person can use our phone and
- charge it to a third party; when the third party refuses to pay, the
- phone company sticks us with the bill anyways. Apparently there is
- no way for the phone company to block a third party call--as least that's
- what they say.
-
- A person called AT&T and there is a device (or is it system) that woul
- block all calls beginning with a 1 or a 0 (this is the only way to
- make a third party call). The catch is that the device costs an amazing
- $1500. We don't have that kind of money and would like to know if
- there is another place to get this device or is there any other
- alternatives to this big problem (phone bill ranges $500-600 a month!)
-
- Thanks in advance for any comments/suggestions!!!
-
- -Rith
-
- P.S. Netnews is very slow, so please email any/all replies. Thanx again.
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