Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T ACUS Service Message-ID: <16360@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 23 Jan 91 12:58:01 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Penn State University Lines: 31 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 61, Message 9 of 10 In article <16293@accuvax.nwu.edu>, john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) says: >Bill Nickless writes: >> A quiz for TELECOM readers: How do you reach an AT&T operator by way >> of a 1-800 number? No 1028800# or 102880# or 0#-"Please connect me to >> AT&T" responses, please. >Sorry, you are out of luck. There is no known 800 number, 950 number, >or even 900 or POTS number that can reach an AT&T operator. Now I'm going to show my ignorance - what is the position and company affiliation of the person who answers 1-800-555-1212? Peter M. Weiss | pmw1 @ PSUADMIN | vm.psu.edu | psuvm 31 Shields Bldg - PennState Univ.| not affiliated with VM.PSU.EDU | PSUVM University Park, PA USA 16802 [Moderator's Note: The last I heard, 800-555-1212 was maintained and operated by Southwestern Bell. The physical location of 'Toll Free Directory Assistance' was (is?) in southern Illinois in the LATA covering the St. Louis, MO area. The various other 555-1212 services are maintained by the BOC serving the area. Independent telcos then either contract with the BOC to handle their directory calls or else when you call the answering operator passes you to the independent telco if they choose to handle their own directory enquiries. PAT]