[mod.telecom] Charges for Unlisted Service

"Arthur_Axelrod.WBST128"@XEROX.COM (08/04/86)

 	" Southern Bell doesn't charge for unlisted numbers if you
	also have a listed number.  (This is logical considering why they
	have a charge for unlisted numbers.)

	--henry schaffer  n c state univ"

Why does the TelCo have a charge for unlisted numbers?  I've never
really understood that.  Why is it logical to not charge for unlisting
one if you have another that is listed?
   Art Axelrod
   Xerox Webster Research Center

gnu@hoptoad.UUCP (John Gilmore) (08/12/86)

Consider it a stupidity charge.  My "unlisted" phones are simply
listed "in the name of another roommate" whose name is unlikely
to be looked up.  Some of my friends have "Emma Goldman"s phone
in their house.