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- From: rrw@sunset.cse.nau.edu (Bob Wier)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Dedicated ATM card?
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 22:48:57 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.192254.3457@chpc.org>
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- From article <1992Dec30.192254.3457@chpc.org>, by rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie):
- >
- >>FYI, Plus also has one: 1-800-THE-PLUS
- >
- >
- > This service is automated - you are prompted to touch tone in the area
- > code and the first three digits of "the number you are calling from".
- >
- > This makes a marvelous way to easily determine what town a phone number
- > is in (unless it is one of those rare towns without a plus ATM
- > nearby).
-
- I just tried this - I got the ATM location in Telluride, Colorado.
-
- The only problem is their speech synthesis hardware can't handle
- Telluride - it pronounces it as "Tell ah rude" - I 'bout fell
- on the floor laughing when I heard that...
-
- - Bob Wier
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