blake@astro.as.utexas.edu (R. Blake Farenthold) (07/22/89)
| [Moderator's Note: Baloney, baloney, baloney! Prefixing a call with | 10288 does nothing except force the call to be routed via AT&T. | It does not incur extra charges other than whatever slight | difference there is between AT&T rates to the point in question | and whatever other carrier was being used. If you dial an intra- | lata call (a call within your own town, for example) using 10288 | as the leading code, it is likely the call will be rejected and | you will have to dial over again. I've tried this, and at least | here in Chicago, dialing 10288 followed by a seven digit (or ten digit, | but within IBT's lata) number and a recording says the call cannot be | completed as dialed. Whether or not you get 'cleaner' lines by | forcing your call over AT&T is a very subjective matter. But in | and of itself, 10288 is a way of routing long distance calls -- | not a special feature to insure clean lines at an added cost. PT] Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. Just tried an experiment.. from one of my 12 lines, at home, 512/829-1028, I dialed pro-party, my bbs at 512/829-1027 with the followwing variations: AT&T 10288-829-1027 (connect) MCI 10222-829-1027 (connect) Sprint 10333-829-1027 (connect) Westel 10085-829-1027 (connect) National 10737-829-1027 (connect) All of the above 10XXX-1-829-1027 (It is not necessary to dial a 1 recording) All of the above 10XXX-512-829-1027 (It is not necessary to dial the areacode first. On long distance calls dial 1 or zero first.) Westel 950-0085pp829-1027ppPIN (connect) Westel 950-0085pp512-829-1027ppPin (connect) Also, Inter-Lata Calls (San Antonio -> New Braunfels) can be completed using 10xxx codes (and are billed at a lower rate than SW Bell inter- lata long distance calls.. though its still cheaper for me to go into my car and call New Braunfels because its a local call from my cellular and the LD charges are more than the cellular airtime). SW Bell is aware of the inter-lata problem.. I saw one of their public notice ads in the paper saying that though you wern't supposed to be able to do it you could and that they were petitioning the PUC to allow them to block inter-lata 10xxx dialing. I do not know if they are aware of the 10xxx-local number situation.. it sounds like a bug in their switch. It does raise some interesting questions about pay phone calls. My average local payphone call is less than 5 minutes, so at $.053/minute short 10xxx calls would be cheeper than a $.25 coin call. (Dosn't MCI offer a local call from payphone program using their calling card?).
blake@pro-party.cts.com (Blake Farenthold) (08/12/89)
Patrick- You asked that someone repost the 10xxx codes list.. below is the list as I receved it from thr digets several months ago. I've made no changes so it may be a little out of date. The reader needing it wanted to identify the carriers accessable through a couple of 10xxx codes in his area.. all he needs to do is dial 10xxx-1-700-555-xxxx (4141 always works for me) CS-ID #45.telcom/net@pro-party Date: 1 Mar 88 21:21:12 GMT From: [info-telcom] de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan) Subject: Re: 10xxx codes -- list? In article <880227113646.2480a904@Csa5.LBL.Gov> super@CSA5.LBL.GOV (Michael Helm) writes: > >Anyone have a cross-reference of what 10xxx code stands for what >long-distance carrier? > I got this from the ongoing anti-Sprint discussion in misc.consumers. I offer no guarentees of reliability or accuracy. 001 MidAmerican LD (Republic Telecom) 002 AmeriCall LDC 003 RCI Corporation 007 Tel America 011 Metromedia Long Distance 012 Charter Corporation (Tri-J) 013 Access Services 021 Mercury 022 MCI Telecommunications 023 Texnet 024 Petricca Communications Systems 028 Texnet 030 Valu-Line of Wichita Falls 031 Teltec Saving Communications 033 US Sprint 036 Long Distance Savers 039 Electronic Office Centers of America (EO/Tech) 042 First Phone 044 Allnet Communication Services (LDX, Lexitel) 053 American Network (Starnet) 056 American Satellite 057 Long Distance Satellite 059 COMNET 060 Valu-Line of West Texas 063 COMNET 069 V/COM 070 National Telephone Exchange 080 AMTEL Systems 084 Long Distance Service (LDS) 085 WesTel 088 Satellite Business Systems (MCI) 089 Telephone Systems 090 WesTel 093 Rainbow Communications 095 Southwest Communications 099 AmeriCall 122 RCA Global Communications 137 All America Cables and Radio (ITT) 142 First Phone 146 ARGO Communications 188 Satellite Business Systems 201 PhoneNet 202 ExecuLines 203 Cypress Telecommunications (Cytel) 204 United Telephone Long Distance 206 United Telephone Long Distance 211 RCI 212 Call US 213 Long Distance Telephone Savers 214 Tyler Telecom 215 Star Tel of Abilene 217 Call US 219 Call USA 220 Western Union Telegraph 222 MCI Telecommunications (SBS) 223 Cable & Wireless Communication (TDX) 224 American Communications 227 ATH Communications (Call America) 229 Bay Communications 232 Superior Telecom 233 Delta Communications 234 AC Teleconnect (Alternative Communication) 237 Inter-Comm Telephone 239 Woof Communications (ACT) 241 American Long Lines 242 Choice Information Systems 244 Automated Communications 245 Taconic Long Distance Service 250 Dial-Net 252 Long Distance/USA 253 Litel Telecommunications 255 All-State Communications 256 American Sharecom 260 Advanced Communications Systems 263 Com Systems (Sun Dial Communications) 268 Compute-A-Call 276 CP National (American Network, Starnet) 284 American Telenet 286 Clark Telecommunications 287 ATS Communications 288 AT&T Communications 298 Thriftline 302 Austin Bestline 303 MidAmerican LD (Republic Telecom) 311 SaveNet (American Network, Starnet) 318 Long Distance Savers 321 Southland Systems 322 American Sharecom 324 First Communication 331 Texustel 333 US Sprint 336 Florida Digital Network 338 Midco Communications 339 Communication Cable Laying 343 Communication Cable Laying 345 AC Teleconnect (Alternative Communication) 350 Dial-Net 355 US Link 357 Manitowoc Long Distance Service 362 Electronic Office Centers of America (EO/Tech) 363 Tel-Toll (Econ-O-Dial of Bishop) 369 American Satellite 373 Econo-Line Waco 375 Wertern Union Telegraph 385 The Switchboard 393 Execulines of Florida 400 American Sharecom 404 MidAmerican LD (Republic Telecom) 412 Penn Telecom 428 Inter-Comm Telephone 432 Lightcall 435 Call-USA 436 Indiana Switch 440 Tex-Net 441 Escondido Telephone 442 First Phone 444 Allnet Communication Services (LDX, Lexitel) 455 Telecom Long Distance 456 ARGO Communications 462 American Network Services 464 Houston Network 465 Intelco 466 International Office Networks 469 GMW 472 Hal-Rad Communications 480 Chico Telecom (Call America) 488 United States Transmission Systems (ITT) 505 San Marcos Long Distance 515 Burlington Telephone 529 Southern Oregon Long Distance 532 Long Distance America 533 Long Distance Discount 536 Long Distance Management 550 Valu-Line of Alexandria 551 Pittsburg Communication Systems 552 First Phone 555 TeleSphere Networks 566 Cable & Wireless Communication (TDX) 567 Advanced Marketing Services (Dial Anywhere) 579 Lintel System (Lincoln Telephone LD) 590 Wisconsin Telecommunications Tech 599 Texas Long Distance Conroe 601 Discount Communications Services 606 Biz Tel Long Distance Telephone 622 Metro America Communications 634 Econo-Line Midland 646 Contact America 654 Cincinnati Bell Long Distance 655 Ken-Tel Service 660 Tex-Net 666 Southwest Communications 675 Network Services 680 Midwest Telephone Service 682 Ashland Call America 684 Nacogdoches Telecommunications 687 NTS Communications 700 Tel-America 704 Inter-Exchange Communications 707 Telvue 709 Tel-America 717 Pass Word 726 Procom 727 Conroe-Comtel 735 Marinette-Menominee Lds 737 National Telecommunications 741 ClayDesta 742 Phone America of Carolina 743 Peninsula Long Distance Service 747 Standard Informations Services 755 Sears Communication 757 Pace Long Distance Service 759 Telenet Communication (US Sprint) 760 American Satellite 766 Yavapai Telephone Exchange 771 Telesystems 777 US Sprint 785 Olympia Telecom 786 Shared Use Network Service 787 Star Tel of Abilene 788 ASCI's Telepone Express Network 789 Microtel 792 Southwest Communications 800 Satelco 801 MidAmerican LD (Republic) 827 TCS Network Services 833 Business Telecom 839 Cable & Wireless Communication (TDX) 847 VIP Connections 850 TK Communications 852 Telecommunicatons Systems 859 Valu-Line of Longview 866 Alascom 872 Telecommunications Services 874 Tri-Tel Communications 879 Thriftycall (Lintel Systems) 881 Coastal Telephone 882 Tuck Data Communications 883 TTI Midland-Odessa 884 TTI Midland-Odessa 885 The CommuniGroup 888 Satellite Business Systems (MCI) 895 Texas on Line 897 Leslie Hammond (Phone America) 898 Satellite Business Systems (MCI) 910 Montgomery Telamarketing Communication 915 Tele Tech 933 North American Communications 936 Rainbow Commuinications 937 Access Long Distance 938 Access Long Distance 951 Transamerica Telecommunications 955 United Communications 960 Access Plus 963 Tenex Communications 969 Dial-Net 985 America Calling 986 MCI Telecommunications (SBS) 987 ClayDesta Communications 988 Western Union Telegraph 991 Access Long Distance -- rochester \ David Esan | moscom ! de ritcv/ UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!blake ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-party!blake@nosc.mil INET: blake@pro-party.cts.com Blake Farenthold | CIS: 70070,521 | Source: TCX023 P.O. Box 17442 | MCI: BFARENTHOLD | GEnie: BLAKE San Antonio, TX 78217 | BBS: 512/829-1027 | Delphi: BLAKE [Moderator's Note: Thank you very much for providing this listing. PT]