Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Carol Springs Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 10XXX Bugs Message-ID: <8775@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 7 Jun 90 16:22:57 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: DRI/McGraw-Hill, Lexington, MA Lines: 24 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 419, Message 11 of 11 Bill Fenner writes in Volume 10, Issue 417, about unexpectedly getting a "Thank you for using AT&T" when he dials 10333-1-700-555-4141. He adds: >I've had no luck getting a >FON card, 'tho I tried twice (once from WD40, once from a promotion at >a local mall; maybe I'm on their **it list), so I can't try dialling a >calling-card call with 10333 and see if it works... Anyone have any >other suggestions as to what to try? A Sprint FONcard number wouldn't work with 10333 anyway; these only work when you've gone through the special 1-800 number. If you have an AT&T or BOC calling card, you can use 10333 along with that number. If things work right then Sprint will bill you for the call via your Bell of Pa. phone bill, the same way AT&T does. Believe me, Sprint will recognize a "standard" calling card number just fine. If, having entered such a number after dialing 10333 and the phone number you're calling, you then hear a "Thank you for using AT&T," you'll know you're in trouble. Carol Springs carols@drilex.dri.mgh.com