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From: ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Directory assistance
Message-ID: <1105@hao.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 08:50:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  9 08:50:07 1984
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> Bell Canada, which serves Quebec (well, it's ALMOST part of Canada :-) )
> and Ontario, doesn't charge for directory assistance to numbers not yet
> in the book. It's curious to see someone in North America who does. Sounds
> more like the style of the telephone systems in the less civilized
> parts of the world (Britain, France, Germany ... :-) ).

US are getting less civilized, day by day.  Expect the rest of the world
to follow suit.

-- 
Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD
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