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From: ac220@cleveland.freenet.edu (Richard Szabo)
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Subject: 950-xxxx From a COCOT -- Billable Call?
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Date: 10 Oct 90 00:00:00 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 725, Message 6 of 13


 
Excuse me if this has been answered before; I'm new to the list.  In
attempting to use my MCI card by dialing 950-1022 from a certain COCOT
I got a COCOT recording telling me to deposit 25 cents for the first
three minutes.  On another COCOT I've used dialing 950-1022 causes the
LCDs to light ablaze with the words "FREE CALL"!
 
Aren't 950-xxxx numbers supposed to be free?
 
Rich Szabo  Cleveland, Ohio, USA  
            Internet: ac220@cleveland.freenet.edu


[Moderator's Note: Yes, 950 calls are supposed to be free of charge to
the caller. They are sort of like 800 numbers; the charge for the
call is paid by the OCC you are using to route your call. Readers, if
your labels do not include this additional audit item, maybe it
should, although its one of the more obscure things that most users of
COCOTs would not understand very well.   PAT]