[ale] OT: DSL with no phone number

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Robert Heaven wrote:
> BellSouth has a phone line available (that they don't advertise) that
>  they call a limited use line (I think that's what they call it). I
> have one that I use for a home office line and for my Earthlink DSL 
> connection. It's a simple POTS line with no features and no long 
> distance and I'm limited to 30 "outgoing" calls per month. (extra
> calls cost $0.75 each but, you would have to make 90 calls per month
> to equal the cost of an unlimited line) My monthly phone bill (with
> tax, tag and title) is only $20 per month.

Don't speak about it too loudly.  That particular package was set up for 
those folks who can't afford that standard phone services.  They're not 
supposed to install them as second lines in a home.

I had some long discussions with them a good while back regarding just 
this service.

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