Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "John R. Covert 12-Jun-1990 1528" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: International Directory Assistance Message-ID: <8889@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Jun 90 19:30:35 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 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 429, Message 1 of 10 This Digest has discussed international directory assistance in the past, including the fact that CCITT recommendations provide that the service should be provided by calling an operator in the country of origin who will provide the connection; the CCITT recommendations also specify that the numbers in the distant country should be blocked, so that subscribers can't call them directly, and they usually are. We also discussed the fact that AT&T provides an operator who answers 809-555-1212 (when called from the U.S.) and extends the call to the correct operator in the destination country, but that the Canadian International Carrier does not provide such a service; Canadians have always had to dial their "0" operator and ask for D.A. in the 809 locations. Well, I've recently visited Bermuda. From phones in Bermuda, it is possible to dial NPA-555-1212 for U.S. points, but to get Canadian Directory Assistance, you have to call the "0" operator and ask to be connected. /john