On This Day in Telephone History September 14TH 1966 AT&T Stopped Accepting Collect Calls from Cuba. Because of a $2 million balance of payments problem, AT&T stopped accepting collect calls from Cuba to the U.S. In response, the Cubans would not permit either collect calls from the U.S. or calls paid for in Cuba to the U.S.

On This Day in Telephone History September 14TH 1966

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On This Day in Telephone History September 14TH 1966 AT&T Stopped Accepting Collect Calls from Cuba. Because of a $2 million balance of payments problem, AT&T stopped accepting collect calls from Cuba to the U.S. In response, the Cubans would not permit either collect calls from the U.S. or calls paid for in Cuba to the U.S.