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  • From: Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Yahoo's new 900 numbers
  • Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:40:50 -0400

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It seems that Yahoo has taken the 900 number concept and taken it past Miss
Cleo and phone sex. They now offer 900 numbers where you can pay between $.75
and $5 a minute to talk to people about:

http://yahoo.liveadvice.com/static/yahoo_landing/hobbies.html?IRsourceid=A601011110005

* book recommendations
* writing & publishing
* drawing & painting
* art & literature
* digital photography
* cameras & equipment
* scanning & uploading
* digital editing
* fantasy sports
* golfing, fishing, more...
* baseball, football

There's a story here somewhere... I can imagine an out of work art historian
taking calls from people who want to talk about Reubens or Gauguin, or
English majors taking calls to discuss the work of Anais Nin. :-)

Looking into it closer, it looks like they've set up a system where anyone
can
provide a 900 number service, and then that service is advertised on the
right section of Yahoo. For example, the person offering help with digital
photograph gets a link to the online photo section on Yahoo.

The actual services seem to be all over the board. Here's some actual samples:

$5/min: learn how to draw and even paint via Internet and phone
$2.50/min: Call me for help with your patterns and crochet questions
$.75/min: Horse photography tips
$.75/min: Call me and I will read you a poem

What 900 service would you offer?

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Michael Winslow Czeiszperger
czei at webperformanceinc d o t c o m


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