Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 19 May 91 11:18 PDT From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Just How Stupid Can Repair Service Be? Reply-To: John Higdon Message-ID: Organization: Green Hills and Cows 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 379, Message 7 of 10 Lines: 31 Steve Forrette writes: > To test third number billing, I tried to call 408 directory assistance > from 415-841. So, I picked up the phone, dialed 0 408 555 1212, and > waited for the "ka-bong." > We'll see what happens then. Can you believe this? The person at > Repair doesn't even know how to dial a calling card call! I would be > willing to bet money that this problem goes unresolved for a long > time. But I will be persistant. The amazing thing about all of this is that no one has been able to tell you up to this point that there is NO problem and that is the way it is supposed to work. A little known quirk of CA regulation is that while IECs may charge for DA, and LECs may charge for local DA, LECs may not charge for DA within the LATA in another area code. So in essence, you are trying to dial a mandated free call with a calling card! The biggest problem here is not that the call just went through, but that you did not get some sort of recording advising you that you had misdialed. I would suggest that you use a REAL number to make that test call with. You are probably going to give repair service a stroke while they try to fix something that really is not broken. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !