Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: collins@epsl.umd.edu (Bernard F. Collins) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Criss-Cross Services / Publications Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 18:07:55 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: University of Maryland at College Park Lines: 27 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 147, Message 9 of 11 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu In article vitec!vitec.com!nathan@ uunet.uu.net (Nathan Banks) writes: > When I was in college in SWB territory I would call the BO when the > roomates could not recognise a long distance call. The BO would criss > cross it for me, giving me a name and *sometimes* an address. When > presenting this info to my roomates someone whould recognise the call > and 'fess up and (*usually*) cough up the $. The only restriction was > calls (he** just about every d**n line is LD) that are two months old, > If I cannot get criss-crossing for cheap then auditing outgoing DTMF > is my next question. Have you considered using AT&T's Call Manager service? It is free. It allows several people using the same phone to automatically keep track of who made what call. One dials the long distance number as if using a calling card, i.e. 0+10D. After the bong, instead of entering a calling card number, enter a four-digit code beginning with 15. The next two digits can be anything from 00 to 99. Each person can be assigned his own two digit code. Calls are sorted by these "account numbers" when the bill arrives. The whole scheme adds four digits to every LD call. But the annoyance of unclaimed calls at the end of the month is not missed. Skip Collins, (301) 792-6243, collins@wam.umd.edu