Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "Roy M. Silvernail" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 800 Bypass Message-ID: <11163@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 21 Aug 90 07:15:50 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 21 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 585, Message 9 of 14 contact!djcl@uunet.uu.net (woody) writes: > Are there any numbers out there that allow access to 800 numbers by > bypassing zone restrictions? Several years ago, when I still lived in Kenai, Alaska, I used GCI as my LD carrier. In most cases, I could dial 800-numbers through GCI and pay for a Seattle call (~0.15/min off-peak). As time went on, more and more 800-numbers became available from Alaska, and I had less use for this feature. Eventually, Alascom began offering access to nearly all wide-zone 800's, as they became more competitive. It's interesting to note that Kenai-Seattle is ~2800 miles. Kenai-Anchorage is only 160 miles by road and 60 by air, yet a Kenai-ANC call was 0.10/min off-peak. You don't even want to _know_ what Tymnet (via Alaskanet) cost! Roy M. Silvernail | roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu | (tiny Telecom .sig :-)