Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!apple!agate!telecom-request From: cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Call Completion By Directory Assistance Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 20:08:35 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 15 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 465, Message 10 of 12 This past Saturday, I was in Delaware and made a call to 215 directory assistance for a number in Reading, Pa., and I used the option of being connected to the number I had just requested. The recorded voice told me it would be a 30 cent charge, which I assume to be in addition to normal long distance charge. Notice that this is within the Philadelphia LATA. What if I had asked for a number on the following exchanges (in 215 but not in Philadelphia LATA)? 267 Denver 445 Terre Hill 484 Adamstown Would the direct-connect option be absent, with me being required to dial the number if I wanted to call it right away?