evans@shuksan.UUCP (Gary Evans) (05/11/88)
I have a phone line that is restricted such that I can NOT get an outside operator. I can call long distance with an 8 prefix and these calls will be charged to the company. The system is a 5ESS where dialing a 9+0 or an 8+0 results in a re-order tone. Thus, I am unable to use my ATT calling card (which uses 0+ dialing, i.e. 0 + number to call + card number), on this line. An other person in the office has a Sprint FON card which is used by first calling an 800 number, then entering the phone number and card number. This does work on the restricted line. Is there an 800 number to access the ATT network after which one could charge calls to a card or get an operator to place a collect call, etc? If anyone has a procedure for doing this kind of thing, I would appreciate knowing about it. And in the mean time, I will call ATT and try to get some info out of them... Thanks rcs uucp: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!clark