Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: John Owens Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 10XXX from Pay Phones Message-ID: <1905@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 6 Dec 89 23:56:02 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: SMART HOUSE Limited Partnership Lines: 33 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 557, message 8 of 11 On Dec 2, 1:30pm, Eric Swenson wrote: > If I walk up to a pay telephone and want to make a call (local or > otherwise, same area code or different) without depositing coins, > shouldn't I be able to dial 10777-0-[AC]-XXX-XXXX, get a BOING, and, > assuming I have a U.S. SPRINT FONCARD, be able to dial my FONCARD > number and complete my call? In my experience, with Sprint and MCI at least, you can use your local BOC calling card (which is usually the same number as your AT&T card) for 10xxx+0+ calls, but FONcard or MCI card numbers will not work. I believe that the BOC does the calling card validation and handles the billing in this case. If you have any volume discounts with these carriers, your FONcard or MCI card calls would contribute to them, but using your BOC card probably wouldn't. (You probably wouldn't get your MCI "Around Town" discount either.) This is mostly speculation, so take it for what it's worth, but try using 10777-0-NPA-NXX-XXXX and using your local operating company card number. (C&P Telephone recently reissued fancier-looking "IQ Cards" to their customers to replace the old "Bell Atlantic cards". The new cards actually contain the last 4 digits, and the glossy brochure accompanying them explained [in marketing-ese] that default 0+ carriers can be now individually assigned to pay phones and that you can use their card regardless of the default carrier, or with specific carriers using those carriers' access codes.) John Owens john@jetson.UPMA.MD.US uunet!jetson!john +1 301 249 6000 john%jetson.uucp@uunet.uu.net