Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!PIC.UCLA.EDU!jimmy From: jimmy@PIC.UCLA.EDU (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Bell PA as L.D. Carrier Message-ID: <8707110801.AA00661@pismo.PIC.UCLA.EDU> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 04:01:45 EDT Article-I.D.: pismo.8707110801.AA00661 Posted: Sat Jul 11 04:01:45 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 03:14:28 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 22 Approved: telecom@buit1.bu.edu A May 1987 bill insert from Bell of Pennsylvania suggests that customers use the PIC code of 1-0-B-P-A when calling to South Jersey in order to "automatically save 10% off AT&T's regular long-distance rates for these calls..." I remember hearing that there is some deal that lets Bell of PA (and, I think, New York Tel.) handle inter-LATA traffic into parts of New Jersey. That's OK. What puzzled me was the following sentence: "If you've already chosen Bell of Pennsylvania as your long-distance company, there's no need to dial '1-0-B-P-A.'" Now, I do sleep eight hours a night so I may have missed something, but I do know that BOCs can not be long-distance carriers. How could some- one have Bell of PA as their primary carrier? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Gottlieb "It's easier to apologize than to ask permission. When in doubt, do it." Internet: jimmy%pic@ats.ucla.edu UUCP: sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!ucla-cs!pic.ucla.edu!jimmy