Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Payphone 10xxx-0- Access Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 91 00:46:52 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: David Lesher Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers Lines: 23 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 231, Message 12 of 12 I've been trying out 10xxx-0- access from payphones, and I'm getting confused. I thought it should go: 10xxx-0-ten digit card number where in my case says "MCI." But the end result is a voice-droid that says "Please enter a valid calling card number" when it *IS* valid. MCI, of course, claims to have NEVER heard of FGD access. What gives? wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (305) 255-RTFM [Moderator's Note: What gives, very simply, is that what you are trying to do only works with Bell/ATT calling cards. You can still use 10222 or whatever, but you need to give a Bell/ATT card. To use your MCI card, dial 950-1022 or 800-950-1022. It will work that way. PAT]