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From: claris!apple!netcom!edg@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Edward Greenberg)
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Subject: Re: Non-dialable Points
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Date: 8 Aug 89 18:17:26 GMT
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>toll-stations are NOT the same as manual exchanges in any event.   PT]

Could you explain a bit about what a toll station IS?

Thanks,

Ed Greenberg
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[Moderator's Note: In this issue of the Digest, Ed and others, I hope the
type of service known as Toll Stations and other types of non-dialable
points has become clear to all. As for *actual manual exchanges* -- that
is, cord board service to a community of more than one or two people in
the wilderness somewhere -- I do believe Bryant Pond, ME was the last one.
Mr. Covert seems to think there might be a few more. Can anyone name
names at this point?  An interesting angle is the way calls to these
places show up on your phone bill. The billing will show the area code
and the 'mark', meaning the three digit code -- not necessarily the prefix
of the number -- used for billing purposes, and the final four digits,
filled with leading zeros as required. PT]