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- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 07:51:01 EDT
- From: ers@cblpe.att.com (Eugene R Schroeder)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Polite Thief
- Message-ID: <telecom12.665.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: AT&T
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 665, Message 5 of 15
- Lines: 27
-
- In article <telecom12.661.14@eecs.nwu.edu> Jerry Leichter <leichter@
- lrw.com> writes:
-
- > Yesterday, I tried to place a long-distance credit card call using a
- > pay phone in Piscataway, New Jersey. LD service was from some company
- > like "American Network Services". Needless to say, I dialed 10288
- > first.
-
- > No combination I tried would let me select AT&T; either the sequence
- > was (legitimately) declared invalid, or I got the "not necessary"
- > message.
-
- > I seem to recall that AT&T has a number at which they want nonsense
- > like this reported, but I can't remember it. Anyone?
-
- The number to report having 10288+0 blocked from a public phone is
- 1-800-742-6260 (we got stickers some time ago to put on our
- calling/universal cards).
-
- Presumably this results in AT&T taking action to get the phone
- unblocked. Hopefully you can make the 800 for free.
-
-
- Non-disclaimer: I work for AT&T
-
- Gene
-