North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Multiple Roots are "a good thing" - Karl Auerbach
Why Dial 10-10-321? 10-10-321 can save you money.... and so on Call 1-800-COLLECT and save a buck or two! 10-10-220 - it's just 7 cents after 20 minutes (Newman's ads) There's a whole slew of others, not to mention all the different pre-paid calling cards, each with a different procedure for placing a call. How is adding .new.net to the end of a domain name any different from pre-pending 10-10-220 to a phone number? if you sign up with AT&T, the 10-10-220 becomes transparent, just as if you install the new.net plugin. I don't see any end in sight to the 10-10-xxx services, or the calling card companies, and there's no end to the spam - on and off line - about making easy money in an all-cash business selling phone cards. I don't think these outfits have customers leaving in droves. Long distance is highly competitive, despite a boggling array of different ways to place a call. Shawn McMahon > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 12:33:07AM -0800, Scott Francis wrote: > > > > yes, and multiple directory services are a great thing. > However, when I dial > > +1.310.642.0351 it reaches the same number no matter where the call > > originates, in what phone network, who my LD carrier is, who my > local telco > > is, or how many switches it passes through on the way. > > On my phone I get an error if I dial that. > > I have to dial something else first to tell it that I'm looking for a > number that's not on my local phone network, but instead on the one > Bellsouth participates in. > >
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