Bill Huttig <wah@zach.fit.edu> (04/27/91)
I received some info on AT&T's USADirect Service and it notes an 800 number (800 872-2881) for calls from Bermuda, Dom. Rep. etc.. (I think this for all the countries in the 809 area code). When the number is dialed from my home (407-676 Melbourne, FL) I receive the following recording: "The 800 number you have diailed is not yet in service ... Please try this number at a later date." Does this mean that AT&T will offer access to their network via 800 number in the future? [Moderator's Note: I think what it means is that someone at the local telco serving 407-676 misprogrammed the response code which is played when the number is dialed. I think they meant to say merely, 'the number is not in service from your area ...' PAT]
Phillip Wherry <psw@richard.mitre.org> (04/28/91)
In article <telecom11.310.9@eecs.nwu.edu> Bill Huttig <wah@zach.fit. edu> writes: > "The 800 number you have dialed is not yet in service ... Please > try this number at a later date." > [Moderator's Note: I think what it means is that someone at the local > telco serving 407-676 misprogrammed the response code which is played > when the number is dialed. I think they meant to say merely, 'the > number is not in service from your area ...' PAT] I just tried dialing this number from 804-220 and 804-229. Same message. Phillip Wherry The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA psw@mitre.org [Moderator's Note: I should have tried it also, I guess ... having done so I also get the same message. PAT]
"Barton F. Bruce" <Barton.Bruce@camb.com> (04/30/91)
In article <telecom11.310.9@eecs.nwu.edu>, wah@zach.fit.edu (Bill Huttig) writes: > I received some info on AT&T's USADirect Service and it notes an 800 > number (800 872-2881) for calls from Bermuda, Dom. Rep. etc.. (I think > "The 800 number you have diailed is not yet in service ... Please > try this number at a later date." I got the same from 617, and it sounded as though the intercept was FAR away. Did the original ad offer letters for those numbers? Obviously 288 = ATT, and the 872 could be USA. All together it would be 1-800-usa-att-1. Just a guess. Otherwise it is a bummer to remember.
Javier Henderson - TMS Group <henderson@esvax.hamavnet.com> (04/30/91)
In article <telecom11.310.9@eecs.nwu.edu>, wah@zach.fit.edu (Bill Huttig) writes: > "The 800 number you have dialed is not yet in service ... Please > try this number at a later date." > [Moderator's Note: I think what it means is that someone at the local > telco serving 407-676 misprogrammed the response code which is played > when the number is dialed. I think they meant to say merely, 'the > number is not in service from your area ...' PAT] I just tried the 800 number listed in the original message from my phone in Los Angeles and got the same response "to try it at a later date." So the original question as to whether AT&T would offer their network from an 800 number is still valid? Javier Henderson Engineering Services Avnet Computer Los Angeles, CA henderson@hamavnet.com {simpact,asylum,elroy,dhw68k}!hamavnet!henderson
Bill Huttig <wah@zach.fit.edu> (05/01/91)
In article <telecom11.318.10@eecs.nwu.edu> Barton.Bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce) writes: > Did the original ad offer letters for those numbers? Obviously 288 = > ATT, and the 872 could be USA. All together it would be 1-800-usa-att-1. > Just a guess. Otherwise it is a bummer to remember. No, The original 'ad' is a wallet size card from the AT&T International Department. I knew that the 288 got you ATT but I didn't think about the 872. I don't have trouble remembering numbers. I just forget where they go to. Bill