Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!telecom-request From: jdominey@bsga05.attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 800/950 vs 10xxx Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 14:01:10 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 24 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 205, Message 3 of 11 In TELECOM Digest V11 #199, Ralph W. Hyre writes: > 950 and 800 (feature group B) access give me greater control over > billing than 10XXX implementations, since I can enter an account # > to bill the call to. This is called "making a virtue of necessity." Using 10xxx makes billing to another account *optional*; 950/800 access *requires* the user to input an account of some kind - even if it's the account that belongs to the phone in use. > Additionally, one of my 950-based carriers doesn't have the $.75 > surcharge for using the card - I just pay the per/minute rate. This, on the other hand, is a real advantage - albeit not one that's inherent in using 950/800 access. Remember too that there are some circumstances where you can avoid card surcharges from larger carriers. AT&T's Reach Out billing plan includes this as an option. Jack Dominey AT&T Commercial Marketing, Tucker GA v:404-496-6925 AT&T Mail: !dominey