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From: rwh@exodus.UUCP (Roy Haas)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Long Distance Services
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Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 16:45:43 EDT
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Two points need to be clarified regarding Steve Vance's article.

1) Most other Long Distance Companies will do their own billing
becae they have to contract with the BOCs ( i.e., pay for it )
for the BOCs to do the billing.

2) If you do not pick a primary LDC, then Judge Greene ruled that
undesignated inter-LATA calls could be routed to AT&T, blocked, 
or allocated. I have heard that at least one BOC will use an
allocation scheme based on the proportions of calls going to
each carrier ( for calls that *did* designate a default LDC )
and there was at least one BOC that was planning on blocking
( if you don't pick a carrier, you don't get any ), but I
don't know for certain whether they still plan to.
Anyway, don't assume that AT&T will automatically be the
default carrier.

The best way to find out what the default treatment in your
local area is will be to contact your local telephone company
if they haven't informed you already.


Roy Haas
Bell Communications Research
Holmdel, NJ

Disclaimer: the above are my personal opinions, etc., etc., etc.