jfowler@ucsd.edu (John C. Fowler) (01/25/91)
Pat, you mentioned in a couple of past articles that Telecom*USA's carrier access code, 10835, as available on a line by request only. Just out of curiosity, I tried dialing 10835-1-700-555-4141 from my home phone in the San Diego area (619-546). I got the carrier ID message, even though I have never spoken with Telecom*USA. Perhaps they changed their minds about spontaneous public access? At any rate, if I were to try dialing a "real" number using 10835, and it went through, would the call show up on my phone company bill, or would Telecom*USA attempt to bill me themselves? John C. Fowler, jfowler@ucsd.edu [Moderator's Note: I don't think 700-555-4141 counts for the purpose of making calls via 10835. After I had one of my numbers changed recently I tried using 10835 on that line and the call bounced because the ANI sent by Illinois Bell did not match anything in Telecom*USA's data base. Try it on some simple, inexpensive call and see what you get. I don't think you will get through. *If* you did get through then you would probably be billed at some point in the future by Telecom*USA. When they could not identify you, they would ask your local telco where to send the bill. Part of the rules regarding 10xxx style calling is that your local telco **MUST** supply billing information about you on request to the OCC. The fact that your number is non-pub does not matter. The OCC can have the information under the new rules. 'Casual callers' are a nuisance to many OCC's which is why some such as Telecom*USA disallow those calls until they at least have your name and address in their computer. PAT]