Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: decvax!decwrl!apple!zygot!john@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Goodbye 415-976! It was nice knowing you! Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 89 06:00:02 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: ATI Wares Team Lines: 39 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 195, message 1 of 9 In article , telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) writes: > For a few days now at least, calls from Chicago to 415-976-anything have > been getting intercepted at a switch in Chicago and rejected. I was unable > to find a single routing which would work. California Information Access Providers have been clamoring for years to get this accomplished. They have found it very discouraging to have their call-counters registering impressive numbers, only to find at the end of the month that the check from Pac*Bell was for pennies. > Growing frustrated at my inability to call a service which I enjoy using > sometimes, and not paying for, since providers are only paid for in-state calls, > Forcing the call through 9-10288 + 1-415-976 out of Canoga Park got me > through. Finally! And finally, someone will be charged for the calls you make. It seems that California has been the only state to allow out-of-state calls to 976 due to the generally inept manner that Pac*Bell has handled the service all along. That there is even a 976 industry in California remaining is a miracle. > As to be expected, the transmission was lousy, and I don't intend to bother > dialing all those numbers in the future just to make the call. So I guess > its goodbye 415-976 from outside the State of California! And goodbye to all those jammed lines that are not making any money for the service provider. -- John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.uucp | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o ! [Moderator's Note: Well, la-dee-dah! I am tempted to say something obscene, something 976-like. (Sticking out tongue and making ugly face.) PT]