Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 7 Jun 91 22:29 PDT From: Steve Forrette Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Calling Card Calls From Canada Message-ID: Organization: University of California, Berkeley 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 438, Message 5 of 9 Lines: 25 In article M. R. Baker writes: > Dial the number as 0+XXX+YYY+ZZZZ. > Wait for the "bong", and enter my card number/pin. > After a few seconds, get a synthesized (or recorded) message: > "Please hold for operator assistance" > I interpret this to mean that Network Interconnect between U.S. and > Canada has not been completely implemented, and CCS7 messages can't be > automatically exchanged across the border yet to the AT&T NCPs, etc. At least in British Columbia, it is automatic. I've called from the phone at the ski lodge at the top of the mountain at Whistler to Los Angeles, using my AT&T Calling Card. Just 0+213+xxx+xxxx, wait for kabong, then my card number. The call then went right through, just like in the U.S. This was about two years ago. My card was a "Traditional" Calling Card, related to my phone number. Perhaps the Universal Cards and the new random calling cards are not supported in an automated fasion by the current system. Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu