Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Dan Lance Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 10XXX Bugs Message-ID: <8398@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 29 May 90 14:58:47 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Dan Lance Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc. Lines: 48 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 395, Message 6 of 9 In article <8143@accuvax.nwu.edu> contact!djcl@uunet.uu.net (woody) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 377, Message 7 of 7 >During a recent trip to Buffalo, I made the following observations: >1) Dialing 10XXX + 1 700 555.4141 generally didn't work too well. > For instance, 10333 (Sprint) or 10222 (MCI) + 1 700 555.4141 got > AT&T's long distance network recording. 10555 (Telesphere) just > got a fast busy signal. >2) You can't dial 10222 + 1 800 888.1800, which is supposed to be one > of MCI's numbers! (Presumably, 1 + 800 888.1800 should do it). > Of course, mixing and matching various 10XXX on 800 number calls > would only get the recording that the number could not be dialed > with the selected carrier. >3) At least the 10555 0# worked to get a Telesphere operator... I recently made a trip to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where I tried to make a call from a Wisconsin Bell payphone which was clearly labeled "The long distance carrier for inter-LATA calls from this phone is (very large type) AT&T". Wrong! Dialing 1 502 244 xxxx (ka-bong) followed by my AT&T card number produced a recording: "MCI is unable to process your card number. Please enter a valid card number." After a moment's pause, I tried 10288 1 502 244 xxxx (ka-bong) card-number, which got me "Thank you for using AT&T" and a completed call. I don't have an account with MCI, and my AT&T card is a student card, which is not associated with any specific phone number. I assume from previous messages to the Digest that if I had a normal AT&T card (one associated with my home phone number) MCI would have completed my call and billed me for it. I'm interested in how common this type of sleazy diversion is, and how Wisconsin Bell can get away with claiming that calls are routed by default through AT&T when in fact they go through MCI. Can my calls get routed through another long distance carrier when I use 10288? If MCI had completed my call, would I have been liable for the charges? Dan Lance / Corpane Industries, Inc. / Louisville, KY / drl@corpane.uucp