Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: LD vs Voice Mail / Lower Hotel Phone Charges Message-ID: <15308@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 6 Dec 90 20:35:24 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 26 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 872, Message 6 of 13 snowgoose!dave@uunet.uu.net writes: > I often wish to call my Bell Atlantic voice mailbox from a hotel > with my LD calling card. The voice mail system wants me to enter "#" > to be prompted for my password. Guess what happens? That's right, > the LD carrier disconnects that call and prompts me to make another. Did you actually try this with AT&T, or are you just theorizing? This is exactly why the '#' will not work for "recall" while the call in progress is supervised (distant end off-hook). I check my voice mail regularly with an AT&T calling card. My VM system requires the entering of the '#' key up the wazoo and I have yet to be disconnected by AT&T. BTW, I just tried accessing my VM using the Sprint 800 access. Even with the copious entering of '*' and '#' to put the VM through its paces, I was not disconnected. Methinks you are making big noise about no problem. If you are actually having difficulty, have your 'right coast' people call the 'left coast' to find out how it's done. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !