Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Bill Huttig Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: MCI, VISAPhone, and Call Canada/Europe/Pacific Message-ID: <10579@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 7 Aug 90 18:55:52 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Bill Huttig Organization: Florida Institute of Technology, ACS, Melbourne, FL Lines: 29 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 550, Message 4 of 7 I received my VISAPhone account from MCI yesterday. It came with several flyers. The card is a thin hard paper/plastic with a hologram on the front (very neat design ... A world with a phone receiver cord going counterclock wise around it and athe reciver in front... the bottom 1/5 of the card has the VISAPhone on the left and MCI logo on the right) on the back are the dialing procedures.. VISAPhone has different Access number (1-800-444-9595 they should have used something ending in VISA)you dial the number and 0 +A/c number at tone you dial you visa card + 4 digit pin aand press #. Customer service is at 1-800-866-0099. Calls within the US are charged at $.70 + .18/min day or .70 + .13/min evenings. or .70 + .10/min nights/weekends. There was a flyer about there internation calling plans... which stated that they would wave the first 3 moths of service charge ($3/mo).. I called up regular MCI customer service to see if I could have it added to my regular MCI account with the fee waived the rep. said that it was for new customers but if I asked she could give me the $9 credit. I have accounts with several long distence companies which can prove handy at times ... A while back Southern Bell had a cable cut and they only carrier that worked was ATC(MicroTel at the time) and MCI 800 calls since MCI rents fiber from ATC in Florida. I could not even reach a operator of any kind. Bill