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patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r) writes:

>Nothing wrong with that, but I feel a tad differently. My brother and I
>were in Germany some years back, and a family emergency came up. It was
>important that we reach my mother back home immediately. John has Sprint,
>I have AT&T. We tried three times to call the States using John's account
>and couldn't get anywhere. I gave my calling card account code to the
>overseas operator and we were connected to Tennessee in less than a minute
>- with the bill going on my home phone account instead of ten times that
>amount going on the hotel bill.

>Since then, I've ignored all offers from any other long distance company.

Here's a great argument.  Care to explain what AT&T's calling card has
got to do with other phone companies' offers for different services?
The "some years back" part is a nice touch, too.

>I am not even remotely affiliated with AT&T, nor is my firm. Furthermore,
>the above is not a position of Bellcore or its owners.

Yeah yeah yeah.

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