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...Local dial-up services -- carrying such prefixes as 976, 540 and 410 -- started sprouting after the breakup of the Bell system in 1984. The so- called Baby Bells, legally prohibited from offering their own information services, began forging alliances with hundreds of small firms. In exchange for the use of the telephone lines and their billing departments, Baby Bells charge a fee and also pocket a percentage of the monthly tolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Ever Said Talk Was Cheap? | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

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