Frankston@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (08/06/86)
Who is 1088?
There is an ad (in Computer Retail News) that gies the number to dial as
Newfangled toll-free phone:
950-1088 (tone) 2-CRANIUM
If no access try
800-446-4462 (tone) 2-CRANIUM
who is supplying the service? Looks like a telemarketing service that
has national access as if it were an ALDC.
[950-1088 was SBS, now MCI. Like the other carriers, they are stuck
offering non-800 toll-free numbers. These services ("InSprint") have
been available for years, but the confusion in usage obviously
inhibits their effectiveness. -elmo]johnl@ima.UUCP (08/15/86)
950-1088 was indeed the feature group B access number for SBS. Now I can't figure out what it is. When MCI took over SBS' customers, they sent us all MCI cards, which work on MCI's number, 950-1022. They also said that 950-1088 would continue to work for a month or so. That was two months ago. Now, 950-1088 still answers, but neither my SBS number nor my MCI number work for making calls -- I always get a recording saying that the number is bad. Any ideas? Here's a hint -- SBS had you dial your code and the desired number, without pause. MCI has you dial 0+number, wait for tone, then your 14-digit charge number which is in the same format as a telco calling card but not the same number. I get the message after dialing about 7 digits (SBS numbers were of varying lengths, but usually 7 or 10 digits.) Perhaps 1088 is now just for SBS' auto-collect service, in which the caller dials a code number and it calls the phone number associated with the code and bills the recipient. John Levine, ima!johnl or Levine@YALE.EDU