Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!apple!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!vector!telecom-gateway From: w0chan01@ULKYVX.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Long Distance Directory Assistance Message-ID: Date: 1 Aug 89 19:46:00 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: University of Louisville Lines: 37 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 269, message 7 of 8 In article 940se@mather1.af.mil (Pete Brown) writes: >>this is probably old news to many readers, but you can save a dime on >>your 1***5551212 calls by prefixing with 10ATT. ATT still charges 50 cents >>per directory assistance calls... does anyone know of another carrier >>which matches ATTs rate for directory assistance? [stuff deleted] In relation to this issue, I would like to present my experiences with AT&T long distance operator for International calls. Several months ago, the Hong Kong Telecom had converted all their 6-digit telephone numbers to 7-digit numbers. Therefore, all telephone customers in Hong Kong now have 7-digit numbers. I called home right after HK Telecom switched my parents' telephone number, of course, I got the usual message saying that the number was wrong or disconnected. Therefore, I called up the AT&T operator (dialing "00") and asked him whats the problem since I didn't know the change at that time. He tried the number for me but got bounced! Therefore, he called the directory assistance from HK Telecom and requested the my parents' new phone number. The new phone number worked! And I did not get a bill from AT&T at all for the following month! There wasn't any charge when someone request a International directory assistance service through the AT&T operator. I think the reason behind was that there isn't any way for AT&T to get billings from Telephone companies in other countries. It is probably very expensive to implement this billing system I think. Any comments or corrections will be appreciated! Wilson Chan, Student Consultant | UUCP: wchan@cup.portal.com (UUCP only) Health Sciences Computing Center | BITNET: w0chan01@ulkyvx.bitnet University of Louisville | ARPA: w0chan01%ulkyvx.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Louisville, KY 40292, U.S.A. | CIS: 74030,2713 GEnie: W.CHAN