Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 6 May 91 13:39:47 -0400 From: Bill Huttig Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cable & Wireless 800 Service (MCI and Telecom*USA, too) Message-ID: Organization: Florida Institute of Technology, ACS, Melbourne, FL 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 338, Message 8 of 9 Lines: 47 In article eddy@jafus.mi.org (Eddy J. Gurney) writes: [Stuff about C&W deleted] C&W should be able to provide 800 service to any number since they have it ring to a POTS line. The rep might have thought that you wanted long distence service also ... which they don't offer from all locations yet. > 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. Follow Me will work with existing 'shared' 800 numbers starting May 15 and will cost $1 per change. You can call Customer service and they will chnage the ring number for you for up to 60 days. (It might be 90.) They said if the system is up it should be changed within an hour. You can also call two weeks in advance and give them an effective time/date for any changes. > So the search continues for an 800 LDC besides U.S. Sprint. Any more > suggestions? You have a choice of ATC which resells Telecom*USA's $2.75 type service or 'Call Home' which also resells the same service. I dont have the rates or details of the programs anymore. You can check with Directory Assistance for the phone numbers. (ATC is only in the southeast US). Maybe you should also call AllNet at 1-800-773-2020 (I think) their rates are close to C&W's I think. Let me know what you decide. > [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] Telecom*USA would not let me modify my service. It started as a Telesystem account to a SouthernNet account before it became Telecom*USA. I still have a Telesystem calling card on it.