Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Why Not 00 as the International Prefix in the US? Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 89 16:55:14 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 22 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 500, message 2 of 9 In article "Brandon S. Allbery" writes: >I just saw an AT&T ad in USN&WR that claimed that "00" is international >directory assistance. Actually, 00 is your long-distance company operator. The traditional AT&T way to get international directory assistance is to call the operator, hence dial 00 (or, I suppose, 10288-0). I have also gotten international DA from AT&T's international information center at 800-874-4000. In the past, if you got international DA through the operator, they'd charge you for the call unless you called the number you got afterwards. The one time I got DA from the 800 number, they asked me for the number I was calling from but didn't charge me. Anybody know how they charge now? John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650 johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {ima|lotus|spdcc}!esegue!johnl Massachusetts has over 100,000 unlicensed drivers. -The Globe