jpp@slxsys.specialix.co.uk (John Pettitt) (01/24/89)
Following on from the recent postings on use of calling cards and the
problems encountered please spare a thought for the poor users of non
US charge cards.
I have British Telecom phone credit card, which in the uk works very
well and has some nice features (3 wrong pin attempts cancels the card!)
but in the USA it's a pain.
There are two ways of using a BT card to call england from the US.
1) Call the operator, say you want to call a UK number and bill it to
a uk credit card, expalain the yes uk cards do work, yes I know the number
starts 44M and calling cards dont start that way, get supervisor, explain
again, get international operator, recite card number (13 digits), number
to call (8 digits) and sometimes get connected.
or
2) Call 1-800-4455667 and talk to a BT operator in london, recite over
poor quality transatlatic line, card number, number to call, and number
of phone you are using, repeat until operator gets all numbers correct.
or
3) Pay hotels rip-off phone rate and just dial the number . . .
John Pettitt
Specialix International
(Solution is to get calling card number for US office, now all I have
to do is sort out the internal accounting . . . .)
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John Pettitt, Specialix, Giggs Hill Rd, Thames Ditton, Surrey, U.K., KT7 0TR
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