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- ↑ GTT+ (26 September 2004). "About GTT" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2006. Retrieved 2006-03-27.
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/37223058/phone_sex_in_guyana/
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