It's a lot like the family uncle who's gone to prison : No one thinks about him until he calls collect to tell you he's been released and needs a ride from the bus station.
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The deal lapsed Nov . 30, forcing AT & T customers using BellSouth pay phones to either use cash, call collect or dial the AT & T number that gives them access to the long-distance company's national network.
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If Watters, a tenured English professor at the state's largest university, wants to reach a colleague or student outside a tiny five-town calling area around the Durham campus, he must call collect or pay for the call himself.
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The deal lapsed Nov . 30, forcing AT & AMP; T customers using BellSouth pay phones to either use cash, call collect or dial the AT & AMP; T number that gives them access to the long-distance company's national network.
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Operation required using actual coins and lengthy long distance calls with mid-call Collect signals required deft manipulation of the noisy coins falling to the return, usually by covering the microphone with the hand or simply turning ones back to the phone.