Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu (Linc Madison) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: "Toll-Free" 900? Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 89 05:26:09 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 16 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 65, message 5 of 5 In article you write: >Another interesting sidelight was that the reporter was depicted, and stated, >that she was making this information call from Tokyo. I didn't think that >900 calls were internationally accessible, the same way that 800 calls >were blocked off. Am I wrong on that? Is there international billing for >these 900 call charges? I don't know about 900 numbers, but I have successfully called 800 numbers from overseas (specifically Australia) several times. Of course, I'm charged the normal rate for an international toll call. Another thing, though, was that a friend in college told me (and actually demonstrated) that if you dial an out-of-area-code 976 number from a Pacific Bell pay phone, you are charged only the toll charges, not the $2 or whatever per call. -- Linc Madison = e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu