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From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
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Subject: Questions About AT&T Credit Card Calls
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Date: 23 Mar 91 01:22:10 GMT
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1. If I use an AT&T Universal Card to make an intra-LATA call (e.g.
between 617 and 508), how does this get billed?  Is the call carried
by AT&T or by the local Bell operating company (in this case, New
England Telephone)?  How does the BOC know that it should accept an
AT&T-issued card?  (Note: an AT&T Universal card number does not begin
with a "real" phone number.)

2. Can I use an AT&T Universal Card to make an intra-LATA call between
a Bell and a non-Bell area?

3. For the above two questions, does it matter whether I dialed 10288
(10ATT) or not?

4. What happens if I try to use an AT&T Universal Card on
for a non-AT&T inter-LATA call, because either -

  (a) the "Dial 1" selection was not AT&T, or
  (b) I used a carrier code such as 10222, 10333, etc. ?


Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com