Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!LARRY.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU!samho From: samho@LARRY.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.telecom Subject: Equal Access, 700 & 800 Service Message-ID: <8612110646.AA22452@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 2-Dec-86 13:56:27 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612110646.AA22452 Posted: Tue Dec 2 13:56:27 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 10:46:27 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 12 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu Along a related line, are the 700 numbers actually used for anything? Back when we first got equal access, Skyline (then our primary carrier) sent us a flyer saying to dial 1-700-555-4141 to verify we were correctly connected. (We got AT&T by mistake, but that's another story.) They also said to use 1-700-555-1000 for customer service. 555-4141 apparently works with all the carriers, since I could get recordings from all the companies with 10xxx, but I haven't seen anybody mention 700 dialing since MCI bought out SBS. MCI uses an 800 number for customer service. Are the numbers obsolete already? Sam Ho samho@june.cs.washington.edu