> > Somebody -- I think it was Tranio -- just mentioned that you have to pay to have an unlisted phone number. It's true! They will put you name and number in the phone book at no extra charge, but you have to pay them to leave it out. That is paying someone to not do something. I think they call it blackmail: "All right, Punk. Gimmy some money or I'm going to put your name and phone number in a book and give it to people all over town!" I wonder how much it costs to keep someone from breaking your legs?
> > Howard
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> Not only that, but with modern switching technology, it is cheaper for the phone company if you use touch-tone dialing. In fact, it costs them nothing extra, but does cost them extra to process pulse-tone (rotary dial) calls.
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> So guess who pays extra? Touch-tone users!

I'm not even sure long distance costs them any more than local.
Howard