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From: la063249@zach.fit.edu (Bill Huttig)
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Subject: Re: 800 Numbas
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Date: 30 Oct 90 17:01:00 GMT
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>[Moderator's Note: Telecom*USA offers no such package. What they offer
>are regular 800 numbers, from the block of same assigned to their
>company, which terminate on their switch in Iowa somewhere. The calls
>arriving there, DID-style (never a busy signal at that point, no

I wonder what percent of 800 numbers are DID type?

>matter how many people dial your 800 number at one time), are then
>outdialed to your regular number. It is all very transparent; the only

I assume MCI's version will do this also, so if you had lines in a
hunt group or with busy/noanswer forwarding then you would have
multi-800 lines.

>thing an experienced 800 user would notice is there is a slightly
>longer delay in getting the distant end to ring -- like maybe five
>seconds longer -- since the call has to go into Telecom*USA's switch

I can tell it seems like forever. I have one of their 800 #'s from ATC
(800-780-xxxx).  When you someone hangs up on the 800 number the line
still rings for a short period of time.

>and back out again. Maybe this is the program MCI reps have in mind
>and are trying to describe. They probably mean to say "you get a
>regular 800 number but no line appearance at your end; it terminates
>on your regular number."  PAT] 

MCI reps where not trained properly on it. I had a question and asked
the 800 order dept to call me back on a 407-676 number which is one of
my home lines.  They called me back on my Ring Master number of that
line which is 407-952-xxxx. I asked how they got the other # and they
would admit to checking my existing MCI account ... (Thats the only
place they have it)

I wish MCI would offer the option of not haveing the four digit
security code on the number. Also they could offer remote programming
like C&W does.

I have lost the number to Calble and Wireless. Could someone send it to me?