Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!warble!vector!telecom-request From: ski%COMPUTING-MATHS.CARDIFF.AC.UK@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (S I Khokhar) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: STAR SERVICES Message-ID: Date: 22 Aug 88 17:36:44 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 131, message 7 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) Here in the Uk where we have to suffer from British Telecon (sorry Telecom!) we can put a call on hold, set up call forwarding, barring etc. I would be very interested to hear of the equivalents in the US and how they are used. Do you get them a a standard feature, or do you have to pay for each one that you have, just as we will have to pay `4.00 for EACH service we want, together with 10p for an automated alarm call, and 5p to be told how much the last call w We still have to pay for ALL local calls. I understand that in the US local calls made by a residential (non-business) line , at off peak times are free of charge. Is this right? Would any kind person be willing to tell me how much line rental in the US is on average. here it is `13.95 per quarter with metered units costing 5p each. They last for a varying length of time depending on the distance of the call and the time of day. Any help appreciated. ski@uk.ac.cf.cm.v1 OR ski@v1.cm.cf.ac.uk OR ski@cf-cm.UUCP.