news@accuvax.nwu.edu (USENET News System) (11/19/90)
I recently read a tip on saving multiple charges on outgoing AT&T
credit card calls from hotel rooms. I haven't verified the info, but
here it is:
When you complete the first call and the other party has hung up,
press the # key on the push button telephone to place your next call.
This eliminate the hotel charge you would receive if you hung up and
began dialing a second credit card call. Your card number is stored.
You will be prompted with, "You may dial another AT&T-handled call."
You are only charged for one access by the hotel.
Patricia O'connor - via FidoNet node 1:125/777
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INTERNET: Patricia.O'connor@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORGroberson@uunet.uu.net (CharlesChip Roberson) (12/01/90)
In article <14880@accuvax.nwu.edu> news@accuvax.nwu.edu (USENET News System) writes: >I recently read a tip on saving multiple charges on outgoing AT&T >credit card calls from hotel rooms. >press the # key on the push button telephone to place your next call. Does MCI or US Sprint offer anything like this? chip * Work: 2912 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 850-5011 * (...!mcnc!aurgate!roberson) || (roberson%aurgate@mcnc.org) || * (71500.2056@CompuServe.com) || (Chip.Roberson@f112.n151.z1.fidonet.org) #include <disclaimer.h> [Moderator's Note: The back of my Spint FON card says 'press # for one full second to make another call ...' PAT]
nickless@flash.ras.anl.gov (Bill B40417 2-7390) (12/03/90)
Regarding pressing '#' to get a second dial tone from an IXC: If you accidently dial into a modem line, and the modem answers, the octothorpe detector may be disabled along with the echo cancellers. I observed this behavior on AT&T between Montana and Chicago. Two frequently dialed numbers differ only in the transposition of the final two digits. One is the office of a colleague, and the other is a modem pool. I accidently dialed the modem, and was unable to avoid hanging up and re-entering the AT&T Universal Card number while the modem tones were active. nickless@flash.ras.anl.gov
john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) (12/04/90)
Bill B40417 2-7390 <nickless@flash.ras.anl.gov> writes: > Two frequently dialed numbers differ only in the transposition of the > final two digits. One is the office of a colleague, and the other is > a modem pool. I accidently dialed the modem, and was unable to avoid > hanging up and re-entering the AT&T Universal Card number while the > modem tones were active. As far as AT&T is concerned: The real reason for this is that the '#' "recall" function is diaabled during supervision. It wouldn't matter if it was a modem on the other end or your Aunt Sophie -- as long as the call is supervised (distant end off hook), you cannot use the '#' to make another call. To make another call, you MUST wait for the called party to hang up or use the '#' before they answer. This has been an inconvenience at times, since I occasionally use a DISA. If I call into the DISA and make a mistake, the only way to recover is to physically hang up and dial again; since the DISA will not disconnect until the caller hangs up, the '#' is useless. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !