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From: bryanr@ihlpy.att.com (Bryan M Richardson)
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Subject: Re: Alliance Teleconferencing
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In article <15292@accuvax.nwu.edu>, mwwheatl@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
(Mark W Wheatley) writes:

> This may have been already metioned, but you dan dial into any of the
> four switches you want. When you call 456-1000, you are routed through
> Dallas.  2000, 3000 and 4000 each route through one of the other
> centers 

> [Moderator's Note: Are you sure it is 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 or is
> it 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, etc. ?   PAT]

Here's what I found with a little legwork.  I'm also trying to
determine an answer (internally) to the question about why automated
dialing is a business day-only capability.  The fraud posting
explained a plausible solution -- I'll post an answer if there is more
to add.

0-700-456-1000 Reaches the nearest T/C bridge.
          1001 Reno, Nevada
          1002 Chicago, Illinois
          1003 White Plains, New York
          1004 Dallas, Texas

The reason for this is if you are dialing from Chicago, but most of
your conferees are in New York, it is cheaper (because you pay leg
charges from the bridge location) to specify through your dialing that
you want the White Plains bridge instead of the Chicago default
bridge.


Bryan Richardson     AT&T Bell Laboratories