Steve Forrette <forrette@cory.berkeley.edu> (04/29/91)
As if things weren't bad enough, here's a new one (at least for me): Last week, I saw a COCOT whose enclosure booth had a panel advertising 900 numbers. My first thought was "how stupid, everyone knows you can't use coins OR a calling card to bill 900/976 calls." But then, I thought that the sign was probably there for a good reason, so I tried 0 +900 + xxx + xxxx. Sure enough, a ka-bong sounded. I wasn't curious enough to try any further! The carrier was ITI or something like that, I think. I'm tempted to say "Now I've seen everything!", but I know better! Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu P.S. - Boy, is time flying or what? I know it's 1991 now since the yearly "last cordboard in public service was just cut over" message recently appeared! :-) [Moderator's Note: Considering it was a COCOT, you should have held the line to see what sort of outrageous charges would be requested, or if in fact it would simply connect, etc. Let the COCOT owner worry about the charges in the event you decided not to pay / stick around for the connection after being advised of the charge. PAT]