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Subject: Equal Access, 700 & 800 Service
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Date: Tue, 2-Dec-86 13:56:27 EST
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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