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From: dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Calling Card Questions
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Date: 1 Oct 90 13:46:16 GMT
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In article <12784@accuvax.nwu.edu>, lmg@mtqub.att.com (Lawrence M
Geary) writes:

> If a calling card has your full phone number on it, will the number
> automatically change if your areacode changes? I live in the part of
> the 201 area that becomes 908 next year.

New calling cards will be issued to central NJ customers after the
first of the year, containing your new area code.  For now, I have
found that I can enter my calling card number with either 201 or 908,
the same number, and the same PIN.  Both are acceptable, whether I'm
using MCI or AT&T.

> Has anyone compared the surcharges and/or rates charged by the
> different types of cards? For example, would it be cheaper to use a NJ
> Bell card or an AT&T Universal card to make a given call? (And does it
> depend on where one is calling?)

You don't really have that choice.  NJ Bell's card only works for
intra-LATA calls, while the AT&T card only works for inter-LATA calls.
The Universal Card is less expensive than AT&T's regular Calling Card
for inter-LATA calls, due to the 10% discount.  MCI's card is less
expensive than the Universal Card unless the call lasts long enough
that the higher surcharge for AT&T is offset by the lower per-minute
rate that results from the disocunt.  Is that perfectly clear?  


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