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From: radius!lemke@apple.com (Steve Lemke)
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Subject: Re: AT&T Universal Card is Not Two Cards in One
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matt_mcgehrin@pro-graphics.cts.com (Matthew McGehrin) writes:

>Another thought came to mind about the 'AT&T Universal Card': Just
>think, if you use the 'card' to charge purchases, your 'phone number
>with four-digit code', along with the 'ATT Credit card number' goes on
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the same slip (since its one huge carbon) ... Reach Out and Touch
>someone's life, since you have their credit card number, (their bank
>since ATT uses only one bank), their phone number with a 'universal'
>calling card ... not bad huh??

Perhaps someone has already corrected you on this, but in case not:

My AT&T MasterCard contains a MasterCard number, and an AT&T Long
Distance Calling Card number, but the four digit PIN is _NOT_ there.
In addition, as has been previously discussed (I think), the AT&T LD #
is NOT my home phone number.  It is a completely different ten-digit
number.

However, I _do_ agree with another poster who mentioned that if you
stick this card into a card reader, it looks like an ordinary
MasterCard.  I found this out when I stuck it into a GTE Airphone
which was supposed to recognize AT&T Calling Cards.  The bill for the
phone call came through on my AT&T Monthly statement, but it appeared
under the MasterCard section, rather than the long distance calling
section, meaning I did NOT get my 10% discount on the call.  It was
instead treated like any other credit purchase.  (On the other hand,
it therefore fell into the category of things that is NOT required to
be paid off every month, but instead could be rolled over.  However,
the entire bill was so small that I paid the whole thing at once
anyway.)


Steve Lemke, Engineering Quality Assurance, Radius Inc., San Jose
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