Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 29 Apr 91 22:48:41 EST From: "Barton F. Bruce" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T and 10xxx vs 800 Message-ID: Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 318, Message 10 of 11 Lines: 17 In article , wah@zach.fit.edu (Bill Huttig) writes: > I received some info on AT&T's USADirect Service and it notes an 800 > number (800 872-2881) for calls from Bermuda, Dom. Rep. etc.. (I think > "The 800 number you have diailed is not yet in service ... Please > try this number at a later date." I got the same from 617, and it sounded as though the intercept was FAR away. Did the original ad offer letters for those numbers? Obviously 288 = ATT, and the 872 could be USA. All together it would be 1-800-usa-att-1. Just a guess. Otherwise it is a bummer to remember.