Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!telecom-request From: NIEBUHR@bnlcl6.bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr, BNL CCD, 516-282-3093) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New PIN for my AT&T Card? Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 91 11:33:38 GMT Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom11.423.3 Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 32 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 423, Message 3 of 13 I recently changed my NYTel PIN (reason unimportant) and found that I had to select a new four-digit number and give it to a second person. Not bad. However, a few days later a card arrived from ATT (my long distance carrier) with my new PIN on it. I was curious but didn't pursue the matter at that point. A few days after that the new NYTel card arrived. The difference between the two is that the ATT card has my full phone number, PIN and International number whereas the NYTel card has just the PIN. I called ATT and asked why I received a new card since I hadn't made the request to them. The answer was that the local BOC forwarded the number to a processor and the third party went ahead and cut two cards (one ATT and one NYTel). It seems that these two outfits share the same database for PINs. However, the ATT operator couldn't answer what would have happened if I had Sprint, MCI or any other long distance company. Dave Niebuhr Brookhaven National Laboratory BITnet and Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov [Moderator's Note: What would have happened is you would have received a different card and a different PIN. Only AT&T and the local telco share a calling card data base, and AT&T will not be doing with the local telco much longer. PAT]