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Subject: MCI's 800 950-1022 number
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Date: Sat, 24-Jan-87 12:49:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 24 12:49:00 1987
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>When I tried MCI's 800 number, it told me that their new number for calling
>card calls is 800-950-1022.  Does anybody know if this is a FG C number, like
>a regular 950 number, or just a more mnemonic 800 number?

If you recall the article in Telecom 5:156, MCI owns the 800-950 prefix, so
they can assign anything they want in it.  If any of the other OCCs want to
use 800-950-xxxx they'll have to go to MCI.

Hopefully MCI's agreement with Bellcore restricts what they can do with it, so
that when the more advanced system comes out in a year or two, 800-950-xxxx can
be routed to other carriers.

For now, all calls to the following 800 prefixes are routed as equal access
calls to MCI: 234, 283, 284, 288, 289, 274, 333, 365, 444, 456, 627, 666,
678, 727, 759, 777, 825, 876, 888, 937, 950, 955, and 999.

See Telecom 5:156 for details.

/john