TIL MCI owned 1-800-COLLECT for collect calls. A&T launched 1-800-OPERATOR to compete. People would misspell operator as "operater", which would be routed to 1-800-COLLECT. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by lazarus870 t3_z517qh 2 years ago in todayilearned 11 comments 89
LipTrev t1_ixvg85x wrote 2 years ago Operator, could you help me place this call? Permalink 4 Maysa69 t1_ixwvwcx wrote 2 years ago Nice Jim Croce reference. Permalink Parent 3
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