Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: eli@chipcom.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: US Sprint Rep Responds to Comments in the Digest Message-ID: Date: 7 Aug 89 14:36:03 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 29 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 278, message 4 of 12 I talked to my pal at US Sprint. he responded to the following 3 questions: ?? Any comment on the Port Authority / Grand Central FONcard shutdowns? some netters complained that this was an evil thing to do, since John Doe Just Off The Bus could not use his FONcard upon arriving in NYC. .. "The shutdown was not for all of Port Authority / Grand Central, it was just for a few payphones that were causing the trouble. John Doe is probably better off being prohibited from using the phone than if he did use the phone and someone watched over his shoulder, stole his FONcard number, and racked up thousands of calls on his bill." ?? What is the deal on remote areas that cannot reach US Sprint. Another netter had moaned about remote areas in California being stuck with ATT. .. "Telcos with less than 10,000 lines are not required to provide equal access. There is nothing that Sprint can do about this." ?? Any comment on the Sprint rep who said "if it doesn't work, you can always use ATT". .."Any company has dopes." -- Steve Elias -- eli@spdcc.com, eli@chipcom.com [mail to chipcom.chipcom.com bounces!] -- voice mail: 617 859 1389 -- work phone: 617 890 6844