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Directory assistance & long-distance routing

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From: jsol
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1986 05:15
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I believe that Directory Assistance uses special trunks to complete and
there are only a fixed number of those trunks. Getting you to hang up
and dial the number yourself causes you to use one of their normal trunks
which they have far more of ...

--jsol
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Subject: Directory assistance & long-distance routing
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Date: Wed, 24-Dec-86 00:15:06 EST
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