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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:26:37 PST
- From: dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: "Secret" Phone Codes
- Message-ID: <telecom13.40.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 40, Message 7 of 13
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- If you have the AT&T EasyReach 700 service, you can use the on-line
- redirection facility to allow you to determine the number you are
- calling from. Up util about three months ago, it also returned the
- (bogus) billing number, not the real number, when calling the
- EasyReach service from my cellular phone. Now, the message says that
- EasyReach can't forward to the number as entered.
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- To use this service, you must be an EasyReach subscriber (a bargain,
- in my opinion). First, dial your EasyReach number. Enter your primary
- PIN. Then press "1". Then press "2". Press "1#". Press "#". The
- number of the line you are calling from will be read back to you.
- There is no extra charge for this call, and no bill will appear on the
- number. What you are doing is: "1" - request forwarding; "2" - only
- calls made with a PIN (although you can specify all calls if you
- wish); "1#" - forward for 1 hour; "#" use the number that you are
- calling from as the forwarding number. If you hang up after the number
- is read back, then your forwarding will not be activated.
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- You can also use the "calls made with a PIN" feature to eliminate the
- calling card surcharge commonly added by telephone companies. Set up
- the forwarding number to the number you wish to dial, then use the "2"
- menu feature to call the number. Only $0.25/minute during the day,
- $0.15 at night ($0.23/$0.13 in California) ...
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- Dave Rand
- {pyramid|mips|bct|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com
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