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- From: jean@aaahq05.aaa.com (otis Jean Jones)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Who Administers the 800 Numberspace
- Message-ID: <telecom12.645.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 14:15:29 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 645, Message 8 of 17
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- Does this mean that you will be able to dial the same 800 number on
- MCI, Sprint, Etc., and preface it with a five-digit access code once
- the seven-digit lookup for 800 numbers takes effect?
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- Jean Jones American Automobile Association Natl HQ Heathrow, Fl.
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-
- [Moderator's Note: No. You will never be able to decide which carrier
- will handle the call you place on anyone else's 800 number. By virtue
- of them paying for the call, they make the decision which carrier will
- be used. What will happen is that owners of 800 numbers will be able
- to switch carriers while keeping the same 800 number, something they
- cannot do now. People calling an 800 number will continue to dial it
- as always: the LD carrier or local telco on the originating line will
- have nothing to do with it; the local telco will see the number dialed
- and hand it off to the appropriate carrier for processing. PAT]
-