WATS

Also in the late 1960s, AT&T introduced a service for businesses called WATS, which stood for wide area telephone service.

Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009

Cutter called a WATS line number-with a toll-free 800 prefix-and spoke a few words.

Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

A special card turned even a telephone booth into a WATS line.

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WATS.N: Well, we have had denials, blanket denials, from the U.S. S.ate Department of any involvement in this.

CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010 2010

WATS.N: We're on a night operation with the U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan in Helmand province.

CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2009 2009

The Park Avenue office in Manhattan was a hive of activity, receiving reports in pre-Internet days via WATS line and newswire teletype from ITT's units around the world.

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I know too many folks that currently work at Western WATS and all of them would rather burn their temple recommends than trash the Mittster.

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Because so many businesses were receiving collect long-distance calls from customers, 800 numbers or WATS lines were meant to make such customer contact less expensive.

Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009

But WATS lines were also AT&Ts response to the fact that its long-distance operators were becoming obsolete.

Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009

Western WATS, in turn, said it was commissioned to make the calls by Moore Information, a Republican polling firm based in Portland, Ore.

The Dirty War Moves South 2008