Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!milton!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ucselx!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Broken Phone While Out of Town Message-ID: <14018@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 25 Oct 90 19:23:51 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 21 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 762, Message 11 of 13 Ron Heiby writes: > I called the AT&T (my LD carrier) operator and reported this event. > She tried placing the call and got the same noise. She contacted > another operator, I presume near Chicago, who also tried it. Same > noises. The two AT&T operators probably spent 5-10 minutes trying to > get me connected to IBT Repair. It is too bad that they couldn't get through. For anyone else who finds himself in the same situation, the FIRST thing to try is the AT&T operator. For various reasons, it is frequently necessary to reach "611" repair in cities all across the country from where I sit in CA. The AT&T operator has never failed to connect me to the most remote repair bureaus. Sometimes the call goes through directly and other times the operator needs to get other operators involved, but they seem very willing to help. Haven't tried this with Sprint :-) John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !