libove@libove.det.dec.com (Jay Vassos-Libove) (01/05/91)
I was visiting my parents over the holidays and found that for certain long distance _out of state_ calls they had found that using 10-NJB was less expensive than using either AT&T or their default carrier (ITT). What I wonder is this: since New Jersey Bell offers the 10-NJB service, but New Jersey Bell is a Bell Operating Company, how can they offer an interstate service at all? I thought that a company was either a local operating service or a long distance one, but not both? Probably, I don't understand. Could someone in the know post a clarification of exactly what the rules are (uh oh, BIG request there!!) governing phone companies (what major types of services can they offer, and what prohibitions come with offerings of particular services)? Thanks! Jay
johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) (01/07/91)
In article <15812@accuvax.nwu.edu> appears: >I was visiting my parents over the holidays and found that for certain >long distance _out of state_ calls they had found that using 10-NJB >was less expensive than using either AT&T or their default carrier (ITT). NJ Bell has a waiver to offer long distance service between northeastern NJ and New York city, and between the Camden area and Philadelphia. NY Tel and Bell of PA have matching waivers the other way. I gather this is because at the time of the divestiture the phone networks in those area were too heavily intertwined to allow separation of local BOC and LD AT&T lines in time for LD service to be handled the normal way. Since then NJ Bell has realized that they can make money from those two busy traffic corridors and has heavily promoted the service, particularly to businesses where an appropriately programmed PBX can insert the 10NJB automatically on the calls that NJB can handle. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl