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Socially-Responsible Long Distance (was: AT&T Long Distance Boycott)

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From: Jym Dyer
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 12:34
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> There's always Sprint; heck, they've even heard of data
> networking . . .

=o= You can get a user interface to Sprint that's especially
socially responsible:  Working Assets Long Distance.  They
have nice features like:

    o Donating profits to socially reponsible nonprofit
      groups.

    o Bills come in on 100% post-consumer recycled
      unbleached paper.

    o They help you write letters to various people in power.
      For a small fee they'll send telexes for you.  Or, one
      day a month, you can call them for free.

I've found them cheaper than AT&T for my purposes (basically,
I call friends all over the United States on a regular basis).

=o= I think Working Assets is a profit-making venture, though
my interest is their assistance of non-profit groups.  In any
case, I'm not associated with Working Assets (except as a
satisfied customer), this isn't an ad, I'm not paid to say
this, etc.

=o= You can switch to Working Assets Long Distance by calling
them at 1-800/CITIXEN.
    <_Jym_>

P.S.:  I've had prior reasons for dumping AT&T.  Basically I
switched over from them when they withdrew charitable support
to Planned Parenthood because of fundamentalist criticism over
the abortion issue.
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From: jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer)
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Subject: Socially-Responsible Long Distance (was: AT&T Long Distance Boycott)
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