Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 10288 From a Payphone Message-ID: Date: 20 Aug 89 23:37:57 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Rutgers - The Police State of New Jersey Lines: 26 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 313, message 4 of 4 In article lmg@hoqax.att.com (Lawrence M Geary) writes: > I recently tried to make a call using 10288 from the Dunes hotel in > Las Vegas. The hotel blocked 10288 access from the room phones. (And > the hotel operator lied about how to reach AT&T, giving me a sequence > that connected me to an AOS called "OSW".) They also denied access to > 10288 from PAY telephones located on the premises. I had to leave the > complex and walk down the street to make my call. > Question: Is this legal? > lmg@hoqax.att.com Think globally ... Post locally att!hoqax!lmg As I understand the recent FCC ruling, NO. The way I read the ruling, any pay or hotel phone served by an AOS MUST provide a charge-free method of reaching all long-distance carriers that serve that area. Thus, it strikes me as illegal. If you want to do something about, contact the Public Utilities Commission (or equivalent) in Nevada, and remind them of the FCC decision. Mark Smith | "Be careful when looking into the distance, |All Rights 61 Tenafly Road|that you do not miss what is right under your nose."| Reserved Tenafly,NJ 07670-2643|rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!msmith,msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise.