John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com> (04/10/91)
"AT&T NEWS BRIEFS
...Separately, the [FCC] proposed allowing long-distance carriers
access to local telephone companies' credit card validation data and
billing information. ... Wall Street Journal, A11. ... The operator
service companies ... would be prevented from blocking callers from
either 800 or 950 access numbers and require that"
And here is the good part...
"equipment manufactured from April 17, 1992, and after be capable of
providing equal access to long distance companies through "10XXX"
access codes. ... AP. "
So it looks like AT&T, the lone voice in the 10XXX wilderness, will
get its way after all. But a lot of this seems like dejavu all over
again. I thought that this was supposed to be the way it worked all
along. Every year, it seems, the FCC or some state agency is
proposing to make the system work the way it is supposed to, laws and
rules are passed, and then everything stays the same.
Regardless of the signage, the vast majority of COCOTs in my area
violate at least several of what we telecomers consider to be minimum
service attributes. 10XXX is usually denied; 950 is frequently denied
(or charged heavily for); 800 is sometimes denied; as well as DTMF
turned off after dialing which in itself nullifies two of the above.
Are our regulators powerless in this matter of COCOTs and AOS?
John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395
john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !
[Moderator's Note: *They* may be powerless, but *we the people* are
not. Keep on stickering those COCOTS which are technically out of
order; keep on demanding refunds and compliance when you talk to the
owners. When possible, boycott them, and let shop-keepers know about
your displeasure in their choice of public telephone instruments. PAT]"Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@iwarp.intel.com> (04/12/91)
In article <telecom11.282.11@eecs.nwu.edu>, john@zygot (John Higdon) writes: | "equipment manufactured from April 17, 1992, and after be capable of | providing equal access to long distance companies through "10XXX" | access codes. ... AP. " Geez. I sure hope that applies to the equipment that GTE Northwest installs in their *central office*. 10XXX dialing? What's that? :-) FYI: GTE Northwest ("the phone company" to all of the Silicon Rain Forest area out on the westside of Portland Oregon) has made *no* indication of making 10XXX available *anywhere* in the near or distant future. Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn