STEVEF%WALKER_RICHER_QUINN@mcimail.com (Steve Forrette) (01/06/90)
In a previous posting, John Higdon indicates that a COCOT did not allow him to access AT&T. I don't know when this occurred, but I'm relatively sure that a year or two ago the FCC made a rule that said ALL phones (COCOT's, hotels, etc.) MUST allow the caller to specify the ld carrier of his/her choice (presumably with an 10xxx access prefix). It is a crime to block this (but as we know, some are getting away with highway robbery). (John mentioned that the phone's operator stated that they wouldn't make any money if they allowed this. That rep should know better than that; how much of the calling public in general knows what 10xxx is?)