Kenneth_R_Jongsma@cup.portal.com (05/03/89)
I don't know where AT&T is on "Roommate Billing", but GTE offered it 10 years ago at Southern Illinois University. It was called Dorm Dial and worked from any phone on campus. Essentially, GTE issued a restricted use credit card that could only be used from campus. You dialed your number direct and a GTE operator would ask for your card number. You gave it to her and got the direct dial rate with no surcharges. Since the basic rental of the phone was included in the cost of your room, there was no additional charges and no splitting bills. Those that lived off campus were out of luck though! It wasn't offered there. Ken@cup.portal.com