Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!atha!aunro!lll-winken!telecom-request From: stevem@fai.fai.com (Steven A. Minneman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New AT&T Calling Card PIN Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 91 12:16:50 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: stevem@fai.fai.com (Steven A. Minneman ) Organization: Fujitsu Network Switching of America, Inc. Lines: 23 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 461, Message 6 of 8 In article DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Douglas Scott Reuben) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 411, Message 7 of 12 > She said that they were issuing new cards without your phone number, > ie, a la Sprint/MCI/ et. al. Very much like the AT&T Universal > *Calling Card* number, like in the format of: 507 001 5555 1234. > The AT&T rep said that AT&T was doing this for a few reasons, mainly > fraud, AOSs, ... ^^^^ > When I asked why I should even bother trying to remember the new AT&T > card when my old BOC card works fine, she said "Hmmm ... I don't really > know ...", so that's as good a reason as any I've heard for ignoring > this most recent and annoying divestiture-related change. Why should you use it? I think this is the card I heard about a couple of years ago. If only AT&T has the number, then an AOS can't accept the card number for a call; hence, you or your family won't place calls over AOSs or similar high-priced agencies by mistake. Great idea in my opinion!