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IDB-A Offers Its Lowest Rates Ever For Ship-to-Shore Service

Pick up any shipboard phone and dial 11 for the highest quality transmissions and the orAy full worldwide coverage.

DDB Aero-Nautical is proud to announce the completion of its POR and AOR-W Coast

Earth Stations at Niles

Canyon, California. IDB-As stations have been assigned the Decimal 11-Octal 13 ID numbers by INMARSAT.

Effective October 1,1991, \ \ a L • ^ j » l all vessels can gain access to

IDB-As low rates of $8.74 peak, $6.84 off-peak and $3.85 telex simply by selecting our earth stations and dialing normally.

And remember IDB-A does not charge a tail charge for land-line voice connections to the US,

Canada or UK, and charges a flat $.85 per minute tail charge to all other international locations.

Call IDB-A today and compare our unsurpassed service and down-to-earth prices! 1-800DBAER0 1-800-432-2376 or 1-301-590-7074

IDB-A's interim Indian Ocean service via Perth (CES ID 02) remains in effect at S997 per minute peak, S8.04 off-peak, and S5.80 telex. (Call 1-800-IDB-AERO to register.) IDB-A's permanent service by Perth using CESID 11 is scheduled for early 1992. • IDB-A will introduce AOR-E service through its Staten Island CES in November 1991. • IDB-A also offers shore-to-ship service in the U.S. at S8.74 per minute by dialing 1 -800-800-8282. • Note: INMARSAT has assigned

IDB-A the Expanded ID Numbers 13-1 (Octal) and 11-1 (Decimal) which can also be used. However, Decimal 11/Octal 13 will default to IDB-A until the system expansion is complete.

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