jbn@glacier.stanford.edu (John B. Nagle) (02/12/89)
According to "Paris Passion" magazine, there is now an access port into the French Minitel system at 540-LINK in NYNEX areas. This would include 212, etc. This number appears inaccessable from California (415-326). How can I get there from here? Note that 540 in NYNEX areas indicates an information-service provider, as with 976. Direct dialing (AT&T) gets "Your call cannot be completed as dialed". Adding a 10222 prefix for MCI gets "MCI does not complete calls to 976 numbers at this time". Contacting an AT&T supervisor elicited the information that the number was "direct dialable only" and could not be dialed from an operator position. AT&T inward in NYC could not reach it. Even a NYNEX operator was unable to reach it. This is annoying. How can I get through? John Nagle