eli@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Elias) (05/12/89)
this is probably old news to many readers, but you can save a dime on your 1***5551212 calls by prefixing with 10ATT. ATT still charges 50 cents per directory assistance calls... does anyone know of another carrier which matches ATTs rate for directory assistance? steve elias (eli@spdcc.com)
940se@mather1.af.mil (Pete Brown) (07/25/89)
>Date: Fri, 12 May 89 08:44:31 EDT >From: Steve Elias <eli@ursa-major.spdcc.com> >Subject: long distance directory assistance >this is probably old news to many readers, but you can save a dime on >your 1***5551212 calls by prefixing with 10ATT. ATT still charges 50 cents >per directory assistance calls... does anyone know of another carrier >which matches ATTs rate for directory assistance? This, too, is probably old news, but I have *just* discovered that one can call long distance information (1-415-555-1212, for example) *without charge* when the call is made from a Pac Bell coin phone (which also speaks to AT&T as its default carrier... maybe a coincidence?) Pete Brown Mather AFB, CA
halliday@cc.ubc.ca (laura halliday) (07/25/89)
Long distance directory assistance is free here in B.C. For local information you call 411, as usual, but it will cost you 55 cents (Canadian) if the number is in the local phone book. Unless you're calling from a pay phone or are handicapped or it's an emergency, in which case there is no charge. Long distance directory assistance is free for anywhere in Canada, with no limit. You are allowed 250 calls per month to U.S. directory assistance numbers, after which you pay 50 cents per call. Overseas directory assistance varies with the country. England and France are free, while they charged me a couple of dollars to get a phone number in South Africa. South Africa? That's a story in itself. Rather than send a postcard or some- thing similarly low-tech when it was Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday last year, I decided to try phoning him. The people at Polsmoor (where he was being held at the time) were happy to take a message... ...laura
dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) (07/29/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0254m06@vector.dallas.tx.us>, 940se@mather1.af.mil (Pete Brown) writes: > This, too, is probably old news, but I have *just* discovered that > one can call long distance information (1-415-555-1212, for example) > *without charge* when the call is made from a Pac Bell coin phone (which > also speaks to AT&T as its default carrier... maybe a coincidence?) Perhaps that is true where you live! Here in NJ, if we dial 1-NPA-555-1212 from a coin telephone, we get a recording telling us to please depost 50 cents. -- Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave
w0chan01@ULKYVX.BITNET (08/02/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0254m06@vector.dallas.tx.us> 940se@mather1.af.mil (Pete Brown) writes: >>this is probably old news to many readers, but you can save a dime on >>your 1***5551212 calls by prefixing with 10ATT. ATT still charges 50 cents >>per directory assistance calls... does anyone know of another carrier >>which matches ATTs rate for directory assistance? [stuff deleted] In relation to this issue, I would like to present my experiences with AT&T long distance operator for International calls. Several months ago, the Hong Kong Telecom had converted all their 6-digit telephone numbers to 7-digit numbers. Therefore, all telephone customers in Hong Kong now have 7-digit numbers. I called home right after HK Telecom switched my parents' telephone number, of course, I got the usual message saying that the number was wrong or disconnected. Therefore, I called up the AT&T operator (dialing "00") and asked him whats the problem since I didn't know the change at that time. He tried the number for me but got bounced! Therefore, he called the directory assistance from HK Telecom and requested the my parents' new phone number. The new phone number worked! And I did not get a bill from AT&T at all for the following month! There wasn't any charge when someone request a International directory assistance service through the AT&T operator. I think the reason behind was that there isn't any way for AT&T to get billings from Telephone companies in other countries. It is probably very expensive to implement this billing system I think. Any comments or corrections will be appreciated! Wilson Chan, Student Consultant | UUCP: wchan@cup.portal.com (UUCP only) Health Sciences Computing Center | BITNET: w0chan01@ulkyvx.bitnet University of Louisville | ARPA: w0chan01%ulkyvx.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Louisville, KY 40292, U.S.A. | CIS: 74030,2713 GEnie: W.CHAN