Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: jbn@glacier.stanford.edu (John B. Nagle) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Minitel access port Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 89 04:36:58 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Organization: Stanford University Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 61, message 3 of 9 According to "Paris Passion" magazine, there is now an access port into the French Minitel system at 540-LINK in NYNEX areas. This would include 212, etc. This number appears inaccessable from California (415-326). How can I get there from here? Note that 540 in NYNEX areas indicates an information-service provider, as with 976. Direct dialing (AT&T) gets "Your call cannot be completed as dialed". Adding a 10222 prefix for MCI gets "MCI does not complete calls to 976 numbers at this time". Contacting an AT&T supervisor elicited the information that the number was "direct dialable only" and could not be dialed from an operator position. AT&T inward in NYC could not reach it. Even a NYNEX operator was unable to reach it. This is annoying. How can I get through? John Nagle