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From: smk@attunix.att.com (S M Krieger)
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Subject: Re: Equal Access on College Campus?
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Date: 25 Sep 90 14:02:21 GMT
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> Here at Notre Dame (I don't go to school here, just visit), all the
> telephone service in dormitories is handled by CTI (meaning
> CTI-installed switches and CTI-provided 1+ long distance). Apparently
> students can't get AT&T (or other) long distance provided via 1+; they
> have to place operator-assisted calls (and pay rates for same).

At West Chester University, where my daughter is enrolled, there is
also no 1+ calling allowed.  The phone system does support 10XXX LD
carrier selection (i.e., after "9" to get an outside line, 10XXX can
be dialed before the "0"; I have verified that it ends up going to the
selected LD company).

What I did to help ease the cost is to sign up for Reach Out America
and paid the extra $2.00 for the calling card option.  As I understand
the way it works, the time we can make the cheapest interstate calls
is pushed back to 10 pm, and any interstate calling card call made
during the plan's hours do not include the 80 cents surcharge.  All I
asked my daughter to do was to find out if her friends' parents won't
mind their phones ringing at 10:10 pm.

(Disclaimer: what I am posting about Reach Out America is based
solely on my being an AT&T customer.  Although I am an employee of
AT&T, my work is entirely with UNIX System V development and does
not involve any of the company's long distance telephone business).


Stan Krieger
Summit, NJ
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