cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (02/28/90)
I vaguely recall seeing NTS (National Telephone Services Inc.) listed with respect to some COCOTs, but I also vaguely recall NTS being listed as the default long-distance carrier on some pay phones maintained by the former "baby Bell" companies. Anyone know about it?
levin@bbn.com (Joel B. Levin) (03/02/90)
>From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil> >I vaguely recall seeing NTS (National Telephone Services Inc.) listed >with respect to some COCOTs, but I also vaguely recall NTS being >listed as the default long-distance carrier on some pay phones >maintained by the former "baby Bell" companies. Anyone know about it? When I was "down Maine" (in Kennebunkport) last summer I played with the phones. We had a nearby N.E.Tel payphone which had two default LD carriers listed: AT&T for 1+ calls and someone else ("First Telecommunications" maybe?) for 0+ calls. I noticed this after I tried a call and got a funny "thank you for using" after the Bong and the N.E.Tel card number. I went ahead and placed a call. The bill came in with some name at the top of the page (different from what the card on the phone said, though probably there's a mother / daughter company relationship in there somewhere). It could have been NTS on the bill. There was no logo (as is provided for Sprint, MCI, or AT&T). The charge was reasonable. As I say, this was a real N.E.Telco phone. 10XXX worked properly, too. /JBL
jrallen@rutgers.edu (Jon Allen) (03/02/90)
In article <4533@accuvax.nwu.edu> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 133, Message 7 of 10 >with respect to some COCOTs, but I also vaguely recall NTS being >listed as the default long-distance carrier on some pay phones >maintained by the former "baby Bell" companies. Anyone know about it? Yup, I used several pay phones in Iowa during Christmas and one of the companies was NTS - National Telephone Services. They were the default carrier on many phones in Iowa, I wasn't able to reach AT&T from them, and the call was pretty pricey. Jon att!acpy01!jrallen