rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu (Linc Madison) (11/10/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0500m02@vector.dallas.tx.us> John Levine writes: >>I just saw an AT&T ad in USN&WR that claimed that "00" is international >>directory assistance. >In the past, if you got international DA through the operator, they'd >charge you for the call unless you called the number you got >afterwards. The one time I got DA from the 800 number, they asked me >for the number I was calling from but didn't charge me. Anybody know >how they charge now? If AT&T charged at all for international Directory Assistance, it was either very recent or a long time ago. I spent one summer checking a customer database, including lots of overseas numbers. I called D.A. in Italy, Britain, Germany, Africa, Japan, Panama, Brazil -- you name it, and I'm quite sure there was no charge. That was pre-divestiture (and thus pre-charge for any D.A. except local), but I've made calls to int'l D.A. on AT&T since (I called "00" to get int'l D.A. through my Sprint operator, who told me to dial 10288-0!) and was not charged. That was about six months ago. The above is, of course, only my own experience, 1978 (+/-) and 1989. Linc Madison = rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu