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From: phri!dasys1!patth@nyu.edu (Patt Haring)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Need a device to prevent outgoing toll calls
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Date: 2 Dec 88 19:23:22 GMT
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In article  nobody@vector.UUCP writes:
>>Is there a device available which can be used to toll-restrict
>>long-distance calls?
>Why doesn't she just tell her daughter to stop running up the phone bill? It
>sounds to me like what she needs is to give her daughter a taste of some
>kind of punishment, not some gadget to prevent outgoing phone calls.

'twould be nice if you cross-posted this stuff to misc.kids.

I do remember when my child first learned to dial the telephone; I'm
in NYC and soon discovered she liked the area code for HAWAII * sigh *

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