Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!elroy!gryphon!vector!telecom-gateway From: gould@pilot.njin.net (Brian Jay Gould) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Atlanta Company Offers Residential 800 service Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 89 13:48:57 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 29 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 188, message 7 of 8 In article , klb@lzaz.att.com (K. BLATTER) writes: > In article , mihalo@chinet.chi.il.us > (William Mihalo) writes: > > The number to call for Telecom USA is 1 800-476-9000 > > > BTW, when I called Telecom USA I could barely hear the person at the > > other end. It was a very poor connection. I don't know if they are using > > their own 800 numbers for business purposes. > > According to the TELECOM Digest Guide to North American Area Codes dated > Jan 19, 1989 800-476 is "owned" (if that's the proper term) by Teleconnect. > > Kevin L. Blatter > AT&T - Bell Labs Yes Kevin, Telecom*USA is the parent company to Teleconnect (as well as a half dozen or more other carriers. In fact, I believe that Telecom*USA is the fourth largest long distance carrier in the country. If your guide is more than three weeks old, it is out of date. As for the problems with the 800 number, I called and had no problem. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Brian Jay Gould :: INTERNET gould@pilot.njin.net - - UUCP rutgers!njin!gould Telephone (201) 329-9616 - - BITNET gould@jvncc Facsimile (201) 329-9616 - - Vice President, Systems Integration --- Network Design Corporation - --------------------------------------------------------------------------s