black@ll-null (Jerry Glomph Black) (04/22/89)
I've seen lots of discussion of LD charges (especially the dreaded AOS's), but no side-by-side comparison of AT&T, Sprint, MCI, and maybe 1 or two minor companies. I'd like to see a chart like: Air miles ATT Sprint MCI XYZ 0-99 .11 .11 .12 .?? and so on, and a similar comparison of Credit card, Operator Assist, 800-credit-card, et cetera, surcharges. Also, are casual calls (10xxx + 10 digits) more expensive than if you had selected the carrier as your 1+ default? I think this may vary, I've heard different answers. When you directly phone the companies to get the info you a) get a lot of obfuscation, info doled out with tweezers and b) waste HUGE amounts of time. I recall there was some 'public interest' (hah) outfit in Wash DC which sells a list like this for a few bux. Any idea who this is? Jerry G Black, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood St. C-120, Lexington MA 02173 Phone (617) 981-4721 Fax (617) 862-9057 black@MICRO.LL.MIT.EDU [Moderator's Note: Maybe one of our regular readers here will make up such a chart. I'll be glad to give it a special place in the archives if they do, and announce it/distribute it to the general Usenet reader, crediting of course the information compiler. How about it folks? PT]