Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!lll-winken!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: covert@covert.enet.dec.com (John R. Covert 22-Aug-1989 1450) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: RE: 10xxx from payphones Message-ID: Date: 22 Aug 89 18:52:55 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 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 320, message 8 of 10 >I was early for a movie this weekend, and at a Southern Bell payphone >in the theatre with time on my hands, tried several 10XXX-1-700-555-4141 >combinations, all of which led me to "This is the AT&T Telephone Network... >Thank you for..."(you know the rest). I thought the sign on the phone >was supposed to show the default carrier...not the only accessible one! This is part of making all carriers accessible from payphones. If you had called 10xxx-0-NPA-NXX-XXXX you would have reached your carrier of choice, if it is willing to provide operator payphone services. But for now, ONLY AT&T has the necessary hardware to handle coin-paid (1+) calls. The new code in most central offices to handle payphone default carrier selection simply ignores 10xxx on 1+ calls. Eventually the code will have to support two defaults -- a default for 0+ and a separate default for 1+. /john