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PICK YOUR LD CARRIER ON THE FLY
If you have the new "Equal Access" telephone system you have
the right and opportunity to use any Long Distance carrier when you
make a call, not just the carrier you signed up for. Below are the
codes to access the LD carriers.
When you place calls on an LD carrier different from your
regular one, the bill will be part of your -local- phone bill rather
than your LD carrier bill.
Using the "Equal Access" system you can take advantage of
EVERY LD carrier's best rates. Some have better deals calling
overseas than others or calling into certain countries, some have
better deals calling small towns, etc. You can gather the rate
information from the carriers and do what's best for you.
Even if you don't have the rate information this could be a
handy list. If you ever tried to call LD over Xmas or Xgiving you
know how difficult it can be to get through on holidays. Using the
list below means that when it's busy on one carrier's lines you can
shift to another carrier and try there.
Every carrier code begins with a 10. Two companies have made
it relatively easy to remember them: AT&T is 10 ATT (288) and Sprint
is 10 SPR (777). But remember, these "10 Triple XXX" codes don't work
unless the phone you're calling from is tied to the "Equal-Access"
system.
Telephone booths? No harm in trying. As we know there are
many "telephone companies" formed specifically to prey on people using
unfamiliar phones. They target the collect-call business at telephone
booths and ALL the phone services in hospital rooms, hotels/motels,
and other places where we make calls in new surroundings.
Callers assume they are using a major phone carrier and
discover when the bill comes that each local call was $5 and the five
minute LD call back to the office was $20. The gal with a broken leg
who continues her telephone solicitation for the United Way from her
hospital bed gets home and receives an $800 phone bill not covered by
any insurance.
And at no time was she advised that her hospital phone service
was being provided -- not by AT&T -- but by Predator Telco, Inc.
This licensing creation of a Republican FCC will be ended when
the FCC has a majority of Democrats but since FCC members don't hold
terms tied to national elections, a switchover takes time. This list
might help. You can only try it and see.
The Ten "Triple XXX" codes.
Company Code
Allnet ................................. 10444
American Network/Savenet ............... 10311
American PTT ........................... 10278
American Telephone Exchange ............ 10050
Amptelco Systems ....................... 10267
AT&T ................................... 10288
Com Systems ............................ 10266
Comex/Chinamerica ...................... 10788
CP National ............................ 10276
Escondido Telephone Co. ................ 10441
Express Tel. ........................... 10700
GTE Sprint ............................. 10777
ITT .................................... 10488
MCI .................................... 10222
Republic Telecom ....................... 10001
SBS .................................... 10888
Standard Information Services .......... 10747
TDX Systems ............................ 10223
Telesphere Network ..................... 10555
TMC Long Distance ...................... 10007
U.S. Telecom ........................... 10333
Western Union .......................... 10220