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  • From: Maria Winslow <maria.winslow AT windows-linux.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Yahoo's new 900 numbers
  • Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:35:40 -0400

I'm going to sing Sandy Cheeks' song "I wish I was back in Texas" from
Spongebob Squarepants. I think it's worth about $.17 per minute...

Maria

On Thursday 15 August 2002 10:40 am, ya'll wrote:
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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=A6
>01011110005
>
> * 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?
>
> - --
> Michael Winslow Czeiszperger
> czei at webperformanceinc d o t c o m
>
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