Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Steve Forrette Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Choosing No Long Distance Carrier (was: I Have no LDC) Message-ID: <8275@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 24 May 90 17:59:23 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 26 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 385, Message 2 of 10 In article <8173@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write: >Well, the PacBell representative I spoke with disagrees. He said that >I must choose a default long distance carrier. When I had two lines installed in PacBell territory this past January, I had no problems when I requested no long distance carrier, other than a somewhat confused "Why would anyone want to do that?" Furthermore, the PacBell rep told me that I would have six months to change it to the carrier of my choice for free - after that, it would cost me the $5 or whatever it is. I recently made my selection, and the rep indeed said "Oh, I see ... Your service is less than six months old, so there's no charge." BTW, I had done this for security reasons, hoping that it would throw off someone tapping into my line. (I'm not all that paranoid - there have been several instances of this during the past year where I live). When I first signed up for service, the rep indicated that the error recording would be non-descript. But, actually, it was quite descriptive. Basically, it said "This call requires a long distance company access code. Please hang up and redial the call using the code." My second line was on another exchange (#5 xbar of all things), and that recording went as far as directing me to the Yellow Pages to find long distance companies to call!