Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!bu.edu!telecom-request From: wallace@hpdtldw.ctgsc.hp.com (David E. Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Calling an Out-of-Area 800 Number Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 02:15:23 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 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 175, Message 6 of 13 Is there any way to place a call to a limited-area 800 number from out of that area at my own expense? I have had two occasions when I needed to call such a number and was unable to do so. The operators I spoke to were not particularly helpful. On one occasion, I was able to call someone who lived in the area in question and have her make the call for me, but this is not a general solution. Does anyone have a better idea for future use? Dave W. (david_wallace@hpdtl.ctgsc.hp.com) [Moderator's Note: There is no legal (that is, per tariff authority) way to do it. The people with limited service 800 numbers quite frankly *do not want or appreciate* your call on their 800 line; that is why they have it specifically limited. What you are free to do is look up their regular number and call them on that instead. PAT]