hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L Hansen) (02/26/91)
What does an MCI/Sprint personal 800 number offer over the AT&T
Call*Me Card? The two services sure seem similar to me. Both seem to
require an extra four digits to validate the caller. Both offer
discounts. (AT&T does so separately through the Reach Out plans).
Advantages of Call*Me Card
o It doesn't require having to learn a completely new phone number.
o There's no charge for the Call*Me card.
o ???
Advantages of personal 800 number
o It has the nebulous "prestige" of having an 800 number.
o ???
Tony Hansen att!pegasus!hansen, attmail!tony
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[Moderator's Note: Another advantage to an 800 number might be to cure
the problem mentioned in the last issue of the Digest: some telcos
and/or institutions do not allow 102xx access in any form. So if you
cannot get AT&T, you can't very well use the card. PAT]