[comp.dcom.telecom] Telecom*USA Wants Your Local Calls, Too

0003382352@mcimail.com (A. Alan Toscano) (11/25/89)

Previously in this thread, it's been mentioned that Telecom*USA's
offering of 1-700 dialing for intraLATA/intraNPA calls offers only
pricing convenience, and not dialing convenience.  I must suggest that
in some areas, it may offer both...

If Telecom*USA were to offer 1+ service from my area (they don't),
and, of course, I had selected them as my primary carrier, I would now
be able to make intraLATA long distance calls over my primary
(normally interLATA only) carrier by dialing only a one or two digit
Speed Calling code.  My local switch (a #1A ESS, I believe) will not
store 10XXX prefices, but will happily store an entire 1-700 number.
My LATA (#566) resides entirely within the 512 NPA, so the
intraLATA/interNPA restriction wouldn't apply here.


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