Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdsu!bionet!ames!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: ilya@polya.stanford.edu (Ilya Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Using an alternate LD carrier for coin calls Message-ID: Date: 8 Jul 89 02:01:46 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Ilya Goldberg Organization: Stanford University Lines: 18 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 227, message 5 of 8 I have noticed the new explanation cards posted on Pacific Bell telephones specifying the default LD carrier's name as well as giving instructions on how to use an alternate carrier (i.e. 10XXX codes), but until now, the default carrier has always been AT&T. Well, today, I was using a Pac Bell payphone which specified that all coin calls default to AT&T while credit card, collect, and other operator-assited calls default to US Sprint. COCOT owners can choose any LD carrier they want. What about the local telephone companies who own the majority of payphones -- are they free to choose carriers or do they have to give some share of the 0+ calls made from payphones to every LD carrier which provides operator services? If the local phone company can choose any carrier, then why would they choose different carriers for different phones? -Ilya ilya@polya.stanford.edu