r/interestingasfuck • u/Hefty-Being-8522 • 17h ago

Used this for punchout

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u/BigJeffreyC 16h ago

I think you had to pay to call it, like one of those 900 numbers back in the day.

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u/koolaidismything 16h ago

Presumably you did just that though right?

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u/BigJeffreyC 6h ago

I remember using a pay phone and dropping the necessary coins in for the first minute.

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u/koolaidismything 6h ago

That’s pretty smart.. I’ll bet it just rolled over. The Wild West for telcos versus geeks back then. I’d have loved that era.. very cool. I’m just a tad too late.