Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: hollings@cs.wisc.edu (Jeff Hollingsworth) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Two horror stories in one phone call Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 89 19:57:19 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 54, message 1 of 7 When I came to Wisconsin to find housing, I also called the local telco from my hotel. Everything went fine until I was asked to give my daytime phone number. I had a number in 213-217, but was told that could not possibly be my number because ONLY area codes have a one as the second digit. Despite all attempts to explain that this had been my work number for over a year, she refused to enter it into the computer. Finally she agreed to process the order without a daytime number. However, the problems didn't end here. When I went to check out the hotel tried to charge me over $8.00 for my call to the phone company. The number was listed in the telephone book as "toll free". After a bit of complaining I was able to get the charge dropped from my bill. Jeff hollingsworth