Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L Hansen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: What Does MCI/Sprint Personal 800 Offer Over AT&T Call*Me Card? Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 19:43:33 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 160, Message 12 of 12 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu What does an MCI/Sprint personal 800 number offer over the AT&T Call*Me Card? The two services sure seem similar to me. Both seem to require an extra four digits to validate the caller. Both offer discounts. (AT&T does so separately through the Reach Out plans). Advantages of Call*Me Card o It doesn't require having to learn a completely new phone number. o There's no charge for the Call*Me card. o ??? Advantages of personal 800 number o It has the nebulous "prestige" of having an 800 number. o ??? Tony Hansen att!pegasus!hansen, attmail!tony hansen@pegasus.att.com tony@attmail.com [Moderator's Note: Another advantage to an 800 number might be to cure the problem mentioned in the last issue of the Digest: some telcos and/or institutions do not allow 102xx access in any form. So if you cannot get AT&T, you can't very well use the card. PAT]