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| acceptance, its features are not less popular. Some | | | | reduced price. These plans are launched to create a |
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| crisped manner. | | | | of any barrier. As compared to both of these |
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| The charges depend upon the number of words and | | | | send five hundred messages at five dollars, through |
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| advised to convey a message. | | | | to one thousand and ninety nine at the rate of ten |
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