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From: jjs@ihlpz.att.com (James J Sowa)
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Subject: Re: Operator Service
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Date: 15 Aug 89 18:40:51 GMT
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In article  gmw1@cunixd.cc.columbia.
edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:

>  ...
>However, up at my weekend house in NW Connecticut, dialing 0 or 00 brings
>up the SNET operator.
>  ...
>Shouldn't 00 bring up the AT&T operator directly?

S.N.E.T. was not a fully owned operating company in the "old" bell
system and as such is not under the same operating rules/laws as the
Ameritechs, NYNEXs etc. are. In this case they were not mandated to
provide equal access for carrier selection. In the case of 00 that is
an equal access method of providing carrier selected operator service.

                                                Jim
You guessed it - these are not necessarily the opinions of my employer!!!