Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: decvax!decwrl!apple!zygot!john@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Atlanta Company Offers Residential 800 service Message-ID: Date: 2 Jun 89 03:59:16 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: ATI Wares Team Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 184, message 9 of 11 In article , CER2520%ritvax.bitnet@ eecs.nwu.edu (C. E. Reid) writes: > [Information about Atlantic Bell offering residential 800 service] > Much like the toll-free services commonly used by businesses, the > Personal Hotline accepts incoming calls only, at no charge to the caller. To > call a residential 800 line, callers dial 1-800 plus the regular seven digits > of the number. So I have had a statewide 800 number in my home for my personal use for years. It's tied in with my Commstar II (residential centrex) so that I can answer it from any line in my home. My question is this: What makes residential 800 service different from business 800 service? My "business" 800 service couldn't be much cheaper, and I had no trouble at all associating it with my residential service.