fred@dtix.ARPA (Blonder) (07/26/89)
This has probably been discussed here before. If so, please reply directly to me: Is there a quick way from any given phone line to find out what the default long distance carrier is? Dial some magic test number? Call the operator? (Make a long distance call and wait for the bill? ;-) ) ----- Fred Blonder <fred@dtix.navy.mil> David Taylor Research Center (202) 227-1428 [Moderator's Note: Dialing 1-700-555-1212 from most phones will produce a recorded announcement giving the name of the default carrier for that line. To force the recorded announcements for other csrriers, dial 10xxx followed by 1-700-555-1212. PT]
ab4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Boardman) (07/28/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0255m10@vector.dallas.tx.us> our beloved moderator quoth: >[Moderator's Note: Dialing 1-700-555-1212 from most phones will produce >a recorded announcement giving the name of the default carrier for that >line. Not on my XBAR it won't. :-) I've always used 1-700-555-4141... are they just alternate routes to the same thing, or is that a typo, or what? (I can't check myself because every phone within a huge radius is connected to a ROLM 9751 CBX (production #2!) which chokes on just about any non-standard number. In fact, it chokes on a whole lot of things... like people making phone calls...) Andrew Boardman now located at amb@heathcliff.cs.columbia.edu, which I'll be mailing from too as soon as I move all my news stuff... [Moderator's Note: I think in any case in which 1-700-555-something will work for this purpose, 1212 and 4141 are interchangeable. If it will not work in your x-bar office, then it may be likely that your x-bar office is not yet equal access either, rendering 1-700-555-anything moot. PT]