DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Douglas Scott Reuben) (02/05/91)
re: My post on flashing an operator on the "new" vs. the "old" calling card systems (used by AT&T and some BOCs), Pat noted: > [Moderator's Note: I tried 415-767-1212 just now from home. I was > intercepted right here in Chicago by three-one-two, five-tee, and told > my call could not be completed as dialed. PAT] Hmmm...woops...what I *meant* to say was: 1. Dial 0+out-of-lata AT&T call (for those not in Canada dial 0-416-455-9950, which is not in service. Any INTER-lata number will work, though..) 2. Enter Calling Card Number. 3. Hit the "#"/Octothorpe button. 4. Dial 415-767-1212. You should then get the message from the AT&T Calling Card system, and not the generic local one. (Later, try making another sequence call, but this time, push the "#" at the end of the number, and see how much faster it goes through, or rather, how much longer the "new" system takes if you do not enter the "#". ) I also tried dialing 0-415-767-1212 as a "first" call, and NOT as a sequence call. I got "Your call can not be completed as dialed...[etc.] 914-0T". That's nice... THEN, I tried 1-415-767-1212 ... I got "Your call can not be completed as dialed ... [etc.] 203-2T" Hmmm... ^^^^^^ So 1+ calls to invalid prefixes are stopped locally, while 0+ (initial) calls to invalid prefixes are stopped at the nearest (or a) "Calling Card center"? (White Plains?) Interesting ... Is this correct? Sorry for the lack of clarity in my previous post. Doug dreuben@eagle.wesleya.edu // dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet