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Re: Calling Card Needed -- Short Interaction Sequence

Joseph (JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com)
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:43 -0800

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:35:20 -0700, DevilsPGD <devilspgd@crazyhat.net>
wrote:

>> Then their billing arrangement is broken. The FCC regs are that the
>> pay phone operator gets their kickback of (usually about $0.30 [a])
>> for _each_ call. If you (typically) hit the " * " button on the keypad
>> to tell your phonecard service to let you make a second call without
>> having to hangup and redial the whole kit and kaboodle, the FCC regs
>> treat that one as, yes, a second call, with an additional $0.30.

> Interesting, do you know what defines when a second call starts?

Why is this such a difficult question? You finish one call and begin
another one. When the second call answers the second call starts.

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