Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: jgro@apldbio.com (Jeremy Grodberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Leaving Brief Messages With Free Collect Calls Message-ID: <11581@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 31 Aug 90 22:45:04 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Jeremy Grodberg Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 611, Message 9 of 11 In article <11463@accuvax.nwu.edu> rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu (Linc Madison) writes: >[stuff about calling home, and Mom says "Do you want me to call you back?"...] >If I'm away from home, but in 415 area code, I use my MCI card, and >answer the question, "Yes, I'm at 415-XXX-XXXX." Because of the >"Around Town" feature, I still pay two bits or less for the call. According to the insert in my phone bill, and as reported in this forum, (and as confirmed by MCI customer service), MCI's Around Town Feature no longer lets you make a call for less than "two bits". Previously, Around Town meant *no* surcharge on *any* card calls *from* any phone in your local calling area, which apparrently was too good a deal for MCI to continue. Now, however, it means that there is only a 25 cent surcharge in addition to normal calling rates, rather than the 75 cent normal surcharge for using the calling card, when making a *local* call from any telephone in your local calling area. Making a long distance, out of state call from any phone (even your home phone) with the calling card still results in a 75 cent surcharge. So, unfortunately, you will have to pay more than two bits, not less, to phone home. I just wanted to keep everyone straight on MCI rates (assuming I'm keeping myself straight). Jeremy Grodberg jgro@apldbio.com