xmjschm%hscfvax@husc6.harvard.edu (MJSchmelzer) (10/04/88)
I got a calling card from NJ Bell last year, and all I had to do to use
it was dial 0-then my number, then wait for the tone and dial my calling
card number (my home phone + 4 digits). For long distance calls, the card
used AT&T.
Isn't this contrary to equal access? (I used Sprint as my primary
carrier at home.)
Now that I`ve moved and gotten a phone from New England Telephone,
I've (automatically) gotten a Foncard from Sprint. Fine, except for the
fact that I have to dial an 800 number, then the number I'm calling,
then my 14 digit foncard number (which, incidentally, has nothing to do
with my home phone number, therefore it's more stuff to memorize. grrr.)
Why doesn`t Sprint`s foncard enjoy the same 0-xxx-xxx-xxxx access that
my NJ Bell card did? Why didn`t they issue me a more mnemonic number?
(And finally WHAT ARE THE RATES FOR MY FONCARD??? The only inkling of
info concerning this was some fine print on the cardboard: "A surcharge
may apply for each use of the card." or somesuch.)
Thanks for any and all light you can shed on this.