[mod.telecom] 10xxx from phone booths

NBaheti.es@XEROX.COM (08/19/86)

	At many of Pacific Bell's phone booths (none of GTE's tho) I
notice the curious label "10xxx dialing available from this phone".
First I tried to simply connect to a few companies carriers (as can be
done at home on my ESS line) via 10xxx# which worked fine; I got thru
to the companies carriers but since I didn't have a valid charge code
I couldn't do anything.  From home if I dial "10xxx-xxx-xxx-xxxx" I
can connect to a long distance number and my line will be billed; is
there some way to do this at a pay phone?  Perhaps putting in coins
and then trying to dial out thru an ALDS?  Calling the operator got me
nowhere -- some didn't even appear to know what 10xxx dialing was!

	GTE's booths don't support any form of 10xxx, but their
operators knew it existed.

	While on the topic of ESS: do any of you Pac-Tel'ers know when
they plan to upgrade the last few exchanges???  On one of my phone
lines I can't even direct-dial international calls.
 
--Arun Baheti
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mcb%lll-tis-b.ARPA@LLL-TIS-GW.ARPA (Michael C. Berch) (08/23/86)

> 	While on the topic of ESS: do any of you Pac-Tel'ers know when
> they plan to upgrade the last few exchanges???  On one of my phone
> lines I can't even direct-dial international calls.

My home is in the "Millbrae" central office area (415-697), and we
cannot perform IDDD, and do not have 1+ or 10xxx dialing. At a community 
fair PacBell had an information booth. When I asked about these items
they couldn't find our exchange in the scheduled list for Equal Access,
and said that some "would never be done" because the CO equipment is
too archaic.

Is this possible? Is there a certain data by which all access work must
be completed? Is this covered by the AT&T judgment or by state PUCs?
This isn't a rural crossbar exchange; it's right next to SF
International Airport...

Michael C. Berch
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