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   danny burstein to hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com   
   Re: Metroliner [tm] phones, was: OT: Wes   
   30 Jan 18 22:07:03   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <3ca3cd64-150f-4eb8-b3bf-a7b26b880730@googlegroups.com> hanco   
   k4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:   
      
   >Are you saying you made the call for free--no airtime charge?   
   >That's certainly plausible in those days, when the charge rules   
   >were different than now.  A free call or a call for assistance   
   >was a free call.   
      
   Eyup. The recipient (the "owner" of the 800 number)   
   simply paid the basic tariff of umptity cents/minute   
   for the incoming line. No surcharge for the radiophone   
   part.   
      
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