Bottom Line and 7-Eleven provide prepaid long distance convenience.

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1994--In the true age of convenience, consumers will be able to buy prepaid phone time when they do their banking, or even when they buy a hot dog and a slurpee at their local 7-Eleven.

Bottom Line Telecommunications Inc., the same company that will begin providing long distance phone time to 28 million ATM users in the East and Midwest next year, is the carrier for 7-Eleven's new prepaid long distance phone cards in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada and California. 7-Eleven announced last week that they will introduce the phone card Nov. 14.

"It makes perfect sense: ATM users and 7-Eleven shoppers have one thing in common -- they appreciate convenience," said John Hall, national sales manager at Bottom Line Telecommunications. "Prepaid phone cards gives them a convenient long distance option."

The 7-Eleven phone card will be sold nationwide at more than 5,300 stores. In comparison to telephone credit cards, pay phones, collect calls and operated assisted calls, the prepaid phone card will save consumers up to 50 percent or more on long distance calls.

7-Eleven is the largest national retailer to launch a prepaid phone card. 7-Eleven has negotiated low rates with Bottom Line, along with two other long distance companies that are providing service in other states.

For inquiries, contact Bottom Line Telecommunications at 206/695-7000. Bottom Line Telecommunications Inc., of Vancouver, is the largest supplier of retail prepaid phone cards in the United States. It is most commonly know by the name of its prepaid phone card, TALK 'N TOSS(R).

CONTACT: Bottom Line Telecommunications, Vancouver

John Hall, 206/695-7000