[comp.dcom.telecom] Calling Cards in Britain

Linc Madison <linc@tongue1.berkeley.edu> (05/17/91)

Peter Thurston (thurston@mrc-applied-psychology.cambridge.ac.uk) in
Vol. 11, Issue 362, Message 5 of 11, mentioned British Telecom's
calling card.

A few ignorant foreigner questions: how do you place a calling card
call?  Do you have to dial the operator and give him/her the number
you want to reach and your card number orally, or is there something
analogous to the system in use in the US where we dial 0 + number +
(wait for tone) + calling card number, instead of a direct-dial (STD)
1 + number?  ["number" here may include area code/city code, etc.]


Linc Madison   linc@tongue1.berkeley.edu