Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: fred@dtix.ARPA (Blonder) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: What's the simplest way to find the L.D. carrier for a line? Message-ID: Date: 25 Jul 89 18:35:48 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 15 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 255, message 10 of 10 This has probably been discussed here before. If so, please reply directly to me: Is there a quick way from any given phone line to find out what the default long distance carrier is? Dial some magic test number? Call the operator? (Make a long distance call and wait for the bill? ;-) ) ----- Fred Blonder David Taylor Research Center (202) 227-1428 [Moderator's Note: Dialing 1-700-555-1212 from most phones will produce a recorded announcement giving the name of the default carrier for that line. To force the recorded announcements for other csrriers, dial 10xxx followed by 1-700-555-1212. PT]