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From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
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Subject: Re: 700 numbers, 900 numbers, LATAs & Calling Cards, Dial a Porn
Summary: AT&T's special relationship, despite divestiture
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It seems there remain lots of ways AT&T still occupies a special
position with respect to the local telcos.  Calling cards is one; I
experienced another last week.

I dialled "0"--the New England Telephone operator--to inquire about
long distance rates.  Yes, she said, she could help me: I was
connected to an AT&T person (I suppose a Rates and Routing operator).
To find out the MCI and Sprint rates for instance I had to call the
LD carrier directly.

(Incidental information: the destination of the call was Israel;
Sprint doesn't go there; the MCI call took place quickly and sounded
very clean and strong, like next door, except for the typical slow
direction switching on the satellite link.)

	/JBL

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