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From: DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Douglas Scott Reuben)
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Subject: ANA(?) in New Jersey
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Date: 24 Oct 90 03:48:42 GMT
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Hi-

I tried calling 200-222-2222 from a New Jersey Bell Payphone im
Morristown, NJ, and instead of getting it to read me back the number,
I got a New Jersey Bell operator! (ANA = Automatic Number Announcement
? Is this the correct term?)

I asked her what sort of operator she was, ie, was she a "special
operator" or an intercept operator, and she said "Nope, just a local
operator..."

I tried it again to see if by accident I didn't misdial (maybe
00-222-2222 or something), and again, a NJ Bell operator.

Perhaps if a COCOT would allow this, dialing 200-222-2222 in NJ may be
a good way to get to talk to a NJ Bell operator. (Dialing 0 or 10NJB-0
doesn't always work ... [what else is new? :-( ])

They also seem to have disabled the Touch Tone test, which, from what
I recall, was 0-959-1234. (NOT to be confused with the "coin test",
which still seems to work ... from payphones, obviously.)

Finally, speaking of New Jersey, I noticed that AT&T is now offering
service at a "discount" rate from North Jersey to NYC, like New York
Tel and New Jersey Bell do. As with the NYTel and NJBell plans, you
need to have a certain volume of calls before the plan saves
anything.


Doug

dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu
dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet