johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) (12/13/90)
MCI is suffering from a service outage here in Cambridge Mass. Any attempt to make a call via 10222-1-number, call an MCI 800 number, or even get the MCI operator via 10222-00 fails either with a fast busy or a rather funky sounding recording saying that all long distance circuits are busy. I have two lines which happen to be on different switches in the same CO, on one I get mostly recordings, on the other I get either fast busy or silence. I can't call MCI customer service, since they only have an 800 number, and the local telco operator was clueless. AT&T and Sprint work fine. I don't much care whether 10222 works, but without their 800 service I can't get to MCI Mail. Anyone else have any idea what the problem is? Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
news@accuvax.nwu.edu (USENET News System) (12/17/90)
To my knowledge, 10222 has never worked for MCI. It may be theoretically "assigned" to them, but their instructions tell you to use 950-1022 (or if that fails, 800 950-1022). [Moderator's Note: Funny you should say that. 10222 works just fine all over this area, as does 950-1022, etc. PAT]