Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!umich!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 800 Numbas Message-ID: <14104@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 28 Oct 90 19:23:33 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 23 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 771, Message 7 of 11 David Lesher writes: > Who says how LONG the number is? > 1-800 MCIHOME {tone} yxzx 743-1923 > would do just as they say ... and NOT use up big chunks of the NPA. Oh, but this is weenie in the extreme and a far cry from "your own personal 800 number". As a person who has a *real* 800 number, let me give you some differences. My number could be obtained from "800 555-1212". It is available from rotary phones. It is available from COCOTs that mute the pad after dialing. It is available from dial-less toll stations. It requires no special instructions. What you describe above is nothing more than a "call home" credit card arrangement -- not an 800 number assignment. To advertise it as such would be a little fraudulent. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !