Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: phri!dasys1!patth@nyu.edu (Patt Haring) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Need a device to prevent outgoing toll calls Message-ID:Date: 2 Dec 88 19:23:22 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Organization: The Big Electric Cat - NYC's Public Access UN*X System! Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 192, message 5 {{{ Quoted text edited down to pass inews. -chip }}} 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 * {{{ Keep in mind that the comp.dcom.telecom newsgroup is derived from }}} {{{ the Internet TELECOM Digest mailing list, and those folks do not }}} {{{ receive the USENET newsgroups per se. -chip }}}