Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!stv@uunet.uu.net (Steve Vance) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Information Needed to Use Call Manager Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 91 23:05:49 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 22 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 236, Message 2 of 12 Sprint has something similar to Call Manager. If I remember right, it is just called the "Accounting Code Feature". You call them up and have it activated. After that, anytime you make a long-distance call, you get a tone after you finish dialing. You dial any two digits, and then your call is completed. Presumably you would assign a two-digit code to each roomate, and stick to it. On the bill, calls are divided up for you, with page breaks and totals for each code that was used during the billing period. I had this feature activated on all three of my phone lines that had Sprint as my service provider. There was no extra charge, so I figured, what the hell. Then, suddenly, there were $5.00 per month charges added to each bill. With no advance notification, they had started charging for a service that had been free. Oh well. I called up and complained, and they took the charges off and discontinued "Accounting Code Feature" for me. I imagine that it would still be useful, though, for business use, or if you have a lot of roommates! :-) Steve Vance {hplabs,lll-winken,pacbell}!well!stv well!stv@lll-winken.llnl.gov