MYERSTON@KL.SRI.COM (HECTOR MYERSTON) (02/02/89)
It seems to me that:
(1) Many people want to use AT&T Calling Cards from various
places but cannot
(2) AT&T is losing revenue because of (1)
It does not take an MBA to figure out that it would be the
advantage of both frustrated users and AT&T if a universal,
non-blockable means of dialing an AT&T operator existed. How?,
a Local Exchange Number ala FG A?, a 950- FG-D number?, 800 ?,
900?. ??????
The problem is not just that some AOS are crooks, it is also
that AT&T is as imaginative in its services as the water company.
-------ilya@polya.stanford.edu (Ilya Goldberg) (02/09/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0042m05@vector.UUCP> MYERSTON@KL.SRI.COM (HECTOR MYERSTON) writes: >X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 42, message 5 > (1) Many people want to use AT&T Calling Cards from various > places but cannot > It does not take an MBA to figure out that it would be the >advantage of both frustrated users and AT&T if a universal, >non-blockable means of dialing an AT&T operator existed. I can see it now: "AT & T USA Direct service, now available IN the United States." Oh yes, and prepended by the obligatory "For YOUR convinience..." Ilya Goldberg ilya@polya.stanford.edu