Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: john@jetson.upma.md.us (John Owens) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How Do I Obtain a Phone Calling Card? Message-ID: Date: 12 Jul 89 14:59:07 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: SMART HOUSE Limited Partnership Lines: 16 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 233, message 7 of 9 > [Moderator's Note: [...] I got *my* calling card from Illinois Bell, > and although the number is identical (including the PIN) to the one I also > got from AT&T, I like the artwork on the IBT card better, and carry it. I also like the artwork on the Bell Atlantic card I got from C&P better, but two things led me to carry the AT&T card instead. 1) The AT&T card reader phones in airports, hotels, etc., won't take the C&P card (even though the PIN is the same), and 2) the C&P card doesn't have the PIN printed on it (which is silly, since it's on the magstripe). No flames about carrying my printed PIN please; it's no worse than carrying a credit card. -- John Owens john@jetson.UPMA.MD.US uunet!jetson!john +1 301 249 6000 john%jetson.uucp@uunet.uu.net