Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!telecom-request From: schwartz@baba.nynexst.com (Steven Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 10xxx vs. 950-xxxx Variances With Calling Card Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 20:37:46 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: Steven Schwartz Organization: Expert Systems Lab., NYNEX Sci. and Tech., White Plains NY Lines: 19 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 208, Message 4 of 14 I had a similar situation in Brookline (Boston) MA. When I moved in two years ago, I selected MCI as my primary carrier, then called MCI to request a calling card. The card number comprised my home phone, ending with the "passcode" "1234". Some time later, I called the MCI/AAdvantage number to associate my MCI account with my American Airlines AAdvantage account. I then received a second calling card, with the AAdvantage logo; this card's number was my home phone plus "5678". One of the numbers was only valid on 950-1022; the other worked only on 10222+. Calls using "1234" showed up on my New England Telephone bill as an MCI attachment. Calls using "5678" showed up on my separate MCI bill, which included 1+ calls from my home phone. I believe -- I'm not certain -- that "1234" worked on 10222+. S. H. Schwartz schwartz@nynexst.com Expert Systems Laboratory 914-683-2960 NYNEX Science and Technology Center White Plains NY 10604