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CHiNA InfoFile on:
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Remembrances of US Sprint
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This is file number two in the series of informative
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CHiNA files, and file number seven in the entire CHiNA series.
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Please distribute this, and thanks for your time and support.
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We have often heard of Sprint's ultra-cautious handling of its accounts
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and security measures and redlining, etc., has reminded me of the first days
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of the FO(O)NCARD service. As soon as the 800 877 8000 number was working in
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southern California it didn't take some people long to find out that the
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cheapest long distance rates were currently being provided by Sprint.
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This is how it worked: Dial 800 887 8000. Dial 0 plus the telephone
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number. When you hear the tone dial 14 digits. Oh, any digits, even all 1s
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if you like. "Beep-beep" and the call goes through. This "service" lasted
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for many, many weeks. The more enlightened users of this arrangement only
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used pay phones, realizing that the number of the calling phone was being
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transmitted to Sprint, but for a while it was indeed the cheapest long
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distance anywhere.
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That's progress. From having the biggest hole in all of telephony to
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turning off legitimate subscribers because too many (or not enough) calls are
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being made. Are they learning on our nickel?
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Written by: Egghead Dude
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SysOp of : Golf City BBS
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CHiNA Node #5
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Once again, hello to everyone. No boring stupid goodbye
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here. I hope you enjoy these files, and leave a message for
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us on any CHiNA node if the need arises that you must speak
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with us...bye for now...
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