Tom Betz <tbetz@upaya.lilink.com> (03/16/90)
Quoth Jeffrey Silber <silber@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu> in <5071@accuvax.nwu.edu>: |X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 166, Message 5 of 11 |900 numbers are often run for less-than-noble purposes (e.g. getting |kids to run up their parents' phone bill). I saw a new twist on the |900 number this weekend. A local PBS station (WVIA/Scranton) is using |one for part of their telethon. If you don't want to make a major |pledge, you can "give your support by calling our 900 number. Remember, |your call will cost $5.00." WNET has been doing it for about a year... initially the calls were $10 each, but now they have both $10 and $20 lines. They use them to "shorten the on-air pledge period"... "I don't run - I tend to black my eyes." - D.Parton | hombre!marob!upaya!tbetz | tbetz@upaya.lilink.com "One minute I'm in the pasture porkin' ponies, | Tom Betz - GBS the next I'm a can of Mighty Dog!" - Secretariat | (914) 375-1510