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What did the Texas companies with the names I don't know and Don't care do?

In the 1990s, Texas subscribers who made a long-distance call using a pay phone were asked to select an operator. The majority named a specific operator, but approximately 3% did not know what to answer. To handle their calls, businessman Dennis Dees incorporated "I Don't Know", "I Don't Care", "It Doesn't Matter" and "Whatever" (which translates to "I Don't Know", respectively). "Doesn't matter", "Doesn't matter", "Whatever"). The price per call through these operators was above average.

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