Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 1 May 1991 14:17:26 EDT From: "Eddy J. Gurney" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cable & Wireless 800 Service (MCI and Telecom*USA, too) Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 330, Message 7 of 9 Lines: 37 Steve Forrette mentioned that Cable & Wireless provides 800 service for rates comparable to U.S. Sprint before they jacked up the price $5/month. Plus, they optionally provide remote programming of the forwarding number for your 800 calls. I checked C&W out when I was originally looking into the 800 LDCs, and unfortunately, they only offer it in certain area codes. Mine is not one of them. :-( I called them again today and confirmed this is still the case. (If anyone is interested, it is 517; Lansing, MI.) I also called MCI about their "Follow Me 800" service, but the representatives did not have any information available at this time, and said "you will be hearing more about it." I guess we'll see about that. I wonder if this too, will be a "shared" 800 number, or if they will finally assign you your own number. Finally, our Moderator's 800 carrier, Telecom*USA, has been consumed by MCI, and will not allow new customers to add 800 service at the incredible monthly rate of only $2.75/month. They direct all your calls to MCI, where they try to sell you MCI Personal (Shared) 800 with the infamous "personal security code". I guess Pat is just lucky he jumped on the bandwagon when he did! :-) So the search continues for an 800 LDC besides U.S. Sprint. Any more suggestions? I'll keep everyone posted. Eddy J. Gurney N8FPW -- eddy@jafus.mi.org -- The Eccentricity Group [Moderator's Note: Except that *existing* customers of Telecom*USA at the time of the MCI merger are still being serviced through Telecom*USA customer service, and they still let us add/delete or change around our 800 numbers as desired for $2.75 each. PAT]