# Does anyone remember "ONCOR Communications?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-oncor-communications/11339 "1999-11-20T19:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-oncor-communications/11339/1 "1999-11-20T19:23:00Z")
The were one of the major long distance services (like maybe 5th largest) 10 or so years ago. I had never heard of them until I saw a segment on “60 Minutes” where they showed some of their practices, like “slamming” pay phones, and charging for “ring time” on unanswered calls. I also have not heard of them since. Does this ring a “Bell?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-oncor-communications/11339/2 "1999-11-21T04:26:00Z")
## I remember them quite vividly. I made a call from a pay phone on one side of town to my home, on the other side of town. It was 8 miles. I didn’t have any change, so I used my calling card. The phone call lasted less than a minute. The bill for this call was around $14. It only cost me $10 for a 20 minute phone call from Stratford-upon-Avon England, and that was 3000 miles away. I called the Attorney General’s office after that one. I’d say something must have happened, since I haven’t heard about them in a while. Jeremy… Anyone who says they don’t like children obviously isn’t cooking them properly.