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Show Mountain Bell and Santa Both Work During Christmas ' Santa works on Christmas ; and so do many Mountain Bell employees, But, while he is bringing presents, they are bringing people together by long distance. Christmas is the busiest calling day of the year for the phone company and this year Americans will prove it by making over 14 million long distance calls on December 25th. To helppyou make those long distance calls faster and easier, the people at Mountain Bell offer this holiday recipe: First, if you don't have the number you need, call Universal Directory Assistance before Dec. 25th when circuits are less busy. In Utah call 1-555-1212. It's toll free. Please call before Christmas for overseas numbers. In some countries, Directory Assistance operators do not work on Christmas Day. Second, place your call on Christmas Eve or Christmas afternoon. Circuits are less busy on Dec. 24th or between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Day. Third dial the call yourself. Dialing direct gets your call through faster and is less expensive ex-pensive than going through an operator. (Reduced DDD rates are in effect Christmas Day on interstate, direct dialed calls for all Mountain Bell customers in Utah.) Fourth, if you encounter busy circuits, wait a few minutes and try your call again. To meet the increased holiday calling load, the Bell System will be adding 3,000 circuits to its domestic and international telephone network. net-work. In addition, thousands of Bell employees throughout the nation will work Dec 25th bringing bring-ing people together. |
