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- From: gmccomb@netcom.com (Glenn McComb)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: PacBell Intra-LATA Rate Ripoffs
- Message-ID: <telecom13.38.2@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 08:10:15 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 38, Message 2 of 11
-
- Hello! I'm trying to find out how to dial from my (408) to (415) and
- (510) via my preferred carrier (MCI). When I dial 10222 (MCI access)
- and then a 415 number, a recording tells me "it is not necessary to
- use your carrier" or something like that. What they mean is that they
- are trapping the call and requiring me to pay 0.25/minute for a
- ten-mile call!!! I know that most states have made this predatory
- bulls--t illegal, but what is the status on the other states? I'm
- being strung up by PacBell in California.
-
- BTW, MCI would charge me 0.13 + 0.11 for the same call!
-
- Any ideas?
-
- Thanks.
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: I believe under the tariffs, your local telco, (in
- this case Pac Bell) has the right to keep that traffic for itself, and
- there is some question in my mind if MCI is lawfully allowed to handle
- intra-lata calls between 415/408/510. In reference to the rates you
- quoted for MCI, I think you mean they would charge those rates for a
- call of that distance -- provided it was an *inter*-lata call. AT&T
- also charges 12-13 cents per minute on interstate calls during off-peak
- hours, but they are not technically allowed to handle intra-lata calls
- either. PAT]
-