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- From: niebuhr@bnlux1.bnl.gov (david niebuhr)
- Subject: Re: Dedicated ATM card?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.215428.16848@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
- Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
- References: <3403.502.uupcb@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us> <1992Dec30.192254.3457@chpc.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:54:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.192254.3457@chpc.org> rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) writes:
- >
- >>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).
-
- Actually, the system is easily fooled. I just tried the number from
- my job which is on a toally different exchange and CO and got a list
- for my hometown. In addition since my work number is on a Direct
- Inward Dial system, the outgoing call bears absolutely no relationship
- to the one I'm called on even though they are in the same CO.
-
- Anyway, even if I did call PLUS from my home phone, there is no way
- to determine exactly where it is located since my exchange serves three
- communities. Multiple communities per exchange are not uncommon on Long
- Island and vice-versa.
-
- Dave
-
-
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