Re: innkeeping: 900 Block

[Roy Sargent <hawke@dnet.net>]

Barb Winandy wrote:
> 
> . . . for everyones information, if each b and b owner has not called
> their
> local carrier and had a 900 block put on their telephone.  They should
> do so immediately.
> 
[snip]
There is a product we found: "SmartJack", which replaces the wall
telephone jack -- you can program it to allow the phone plugged into
that jack to dial (or not dial) local, 800, or 900 calls.  We programed
our guest phone to dial local or 800 numbers -- anything else the phone
goes dead.  Occassionally a guest will say "Hey, this phone doesn't
work" and when we ask what number they are dialing...discover they are
trying to dial direct or something.  Most guests have a credit card with
an 800 number, and they are free to use this phone with no restrictions,
as well as local calls.
Contact us at hawke@dnet.net and we'll give you the manufacturers name &
number.  
Roy Sargent..Hawkesdene House B&B and Cottages