cc-06@ucbcory.BERKELEY.EDU (Ilya Goldberg) (12/14/85)
Now that equal access is becoming reality all over the country, it won't be necessary to dial long access codes in order to use the long distance company of your choice - all these companies will be directly connected to your local switching office. I still have some questions for those of you on the net who are more familiar with the subject: How (or by which company) will the 800 numbers be carried? How (or by which company) will international (overseas) calls be handled? Will AT&T be the only company offering directory assistance, collect, billed to the third number, and other operator assisted calls? And finally, will all those rotary-type phones be able to dial anywhere again? Ilya (...!ucbvax!ilya)
lrosen@sunybcs.UUCP (Leonard Rosenblum) (12/19/85)
> How (or by which company) will the 800 numbers be carried? AT+T no matter what 1+ company you choose. > How (or by which company) will international (overseas) calls be > handled? However, your long distance company handles them. This point is still a little fuzzy to me if you dial a country your long distance company does not service but I would imagine you would just get a tape recording. > Will AT&T be the only company offering directory assistance, collect, > billed to the third number, and other operator assisted calls? No. Each company offers their own services. Only AT+T offers operator assisted calls these days but... > And finally, will all those rotary-type phones be able to dial > anywhere again? They always could in the past (011 for international calls) and will be able to in the future (except for some special fetures, etc). > Ilya (...!ucbvax!ilya) This info comes from various sources. -- <<<--- Lenny --->>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP : {cmcl2,hao,harpo}!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!lrosen | ...{allegra,decvax,watmath}!sunybcs!lrosen | CSNET : lrosen@buffalo | ARPA : lrosen%buffalo.CSNET@csnet-relay | BITNET : lrosen@sunybcs OR v131dllf@sunyabva | ---------------------------------------------------------------------