TELECOM Digest     Fri, 17 Jun 94 11:18:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 294

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Foreign Country Calling Card Access Numbers (consult@hawaii.edu)
    Bell Atlantic's Full Service Network (Eric Rabe)
    IXC's and InterLATA CID (Greg Monti)
    Re: Pointers Wanted to TDD Specifications Please (ssatchell@bix.com)
    Re: More Sneaky MCI Marketing (Stuart Whitmore)
    Re: Nine Track IBM Standard Labels (Wm. Randolph U Franklin)

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From: consult@hawaii.edu (Consult)
Subject: Foreign Country Calling Card Access Numbers
Date: 17 Jun 94 01:28:28 HST
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa


                  FOREIGN COUNTRY CALLING CARD ACCESS NUMBERS
 
This is a list of phone numbers to use from foreign countries when you
want to place an international call back to the USA or, in certain
cases, to another country and have the call billed to your calling
card.
 
Extra service charges above the actual long distance rate apply and in
some cases vary from country to country.
 
Use of AT&T's USA DIRECT, MCI's WorldPhone, and US Sprint's Sprint Express
must be made with each company's respective calling card only (ie AT&T's
USA DIRECT will not accept Sprint's FonCard).  AT&T's USA DIRECT may take
your local BOC's calling card as well.  This would be a calling card issued
by your local telephone service provider.
 
I make no guarantees as to the accuracy of this list.  Changes in
service do occur, and typographical errors may be present.  Data for
this list was obtained from an AT&T USA DIRECT wallet card dated April
1990, a MCI WorldPhone brochure dated 1994, and a US Sprint pocket
guide I received in November 1993; so the data for AT&T's USA DIRECT
as listed here is severely out of date and lack many countries where
service has since been added.

                    AT&T              MCI               US Sprint        
                    USA DIRECT (R)    WorldPhone (R)    Sprint Express (SM)
                    ----------------  ----------------  ---------------- 

American Samoa                        633-2624(633-2MCI)
Antigua                               #2 (cardphones only)
Argentina           001-800-200-1111  001-800-333-111%  001-800-777-1111
Aruba               800-1011
Australia           0014-881-001      008-5511-11! to   0014-881-877
                                       use OPTUS @
                                      1-800-881-100! to
                                       use TELSTRA @
Austria             022-903-011$      022-903-012$!     022-903-014
Bahamas             1-800-872-2881&   1-800-624-1000
Bahrain             800-001           800-002
Belgium             11-0010$          078-11-00-12$!    078-11-0014$
Bermuda                               1-800-623-0484+   1-800-623-0877$
Bolivia                               0-800-2222$
Brazil              000-8010          000-8012          000-8016
Canada                                1-800-888-8000!
Cayman Islands      1872              1-MCI(1-624)
Chile               00*-0312          00*-0316!         00*0317
China                                 108-12++!
Colombia            980-11-0010+      980-16-0001!      980-13-0010
Costa Rica          114$              162$              163$
Cyprus                                080-90000$
Czech and Slovak    00-420-00101      00-42-000112!
Denmark             8001-0010$        8001-0022$!       8001-0877$
Dominican Republic  1-800-872-2881    1-800-751-6624    1-800-751-7877$ 
Ecuador                               170               171
Egypt                                 355-5770$!(02 first outside Cairo)
El Salvador                           195$              191$
Finland             9800-100-10$      9800-102-80$!     9800-1-0284$
France              19*-0011$         19*-00-19$!       19*0087$
Gambia              001-199-220-0010$ 00-1-99$
Germany             0130-0010         0130-0012!        0130-0013$
Greece              00-800-1311$      00-800-1211$!
Grenada             872+              1-800-624-8721+
Guam                018-872+          950-1022!
Guatemala           190               189$              195$
Haiti                                 001-800-444-1234+!
Honduras                              001-800-674-7000+
Hong Kong           008-1111$         800-1121!         008-1877
                                      011 to call other 011 to call other
                                      than USA          than USA
Hungary             00*-36-0111$      00*-800-01411$!   00*800-01-877$
Iceland                               999-002$
India                                 000-127++!
Indonesia           00-801-10         001-801-11$!      00-801-15
Iran                                  Special phones+
Ireland                               1-800-55-1001!    1-800-55-2001$
Israel                                177-150-2727!     177-102-2727$
Italy               172-1011$         172-1022$!        172-1877$
Jamaica             0-800-872-2881+   800-674-7000
Japan               0039-111$         0039-121$ to      0066-55-877$ to
                                       use KDD @         use IDC
                                      0066-55-121$ to   0039-131$ to
                                       use IDC @         use KDD
                                      0055$ to call 
                                       other than USA
Kenya                                 080011++
Korea               009-11            009-14! to        009-16$
                                       use KT @
                                      0039-12! to
                                       use DACOM @
                                      03 then "*" from
                                       phone booths!+
                                      550-2255! from
                                       military bases
Kuwait                                800-MCI(800-624)
Lebanon                               600-624!
                                      425-036+! (add 01
                                       outside Beirut)
Liberia             797-797
Liechtenstein                         155-0222$!        155-9777
Luxembourg                            0800-0112
Macau               0800-111          0800-131
Malaysia                              800-0012$!        800-0016$
Mexico                                95-800-674-7000
                                       LADATEL phones
                                       only, rate varies
Monaco                                19*-00-19$!       19*0087
Netherlands         06*-022-9111$     06-022-91-22$!    06*022-9119
Neth/Antil.         001-800-872-2881  001-800-950-1022!+
New Zealand         000-911           000-912           000-999
Nicaragua                             166! (dial 02 1st
                                       outside Managua)
Norway              050-12-011$       800-19912$!       050-12-877$
Panama              109               108
                                      2810-108 from
                                       military bases
Paraguay                              008-11-800+
Peru                ##0+              001-190 (dial     196+
                                       190 1st outside Lima)
Philippines         105-11+$          105-14$! to
                                       use PLDT @
                                      1026-12$! to
                                       use PHILCOM
Poland                                0*-01-04-800-222!
Portugal                              05-017-1234!      05017-1-877
Puerto Rico                           1-800-888-8000!
Qatar                                 0800-012-77!%
Russia                                8*10-800-497-7222$!+
Saipan                                950-1022+!
San Marino                            172-1022$!        172-1877$
Saudi Arabia                          1-800-11
Singapore           800-0011$         8000-112-112      800-0877$
South Africa                          0800-99-0011!
Spain                                 900-99-0014!      900-99-0013
St. Kitts           1-800-872-2881
Sweden              020-795-611$      020-795-922$!     020-799-011$
Switzerland         046-05-0011$      155-0222$!        155-9777
Syria                                 0800!
Taiwan                                0080-13-4567$!    0080-14-0877
                                                        on special phones,
                                                         press Sprint
Thailand                              001-999-1-2001%
Trinidad & Tobago                     Special phones
Turkey                                00-8001-1177$
Ukraine                               8*10-013+
United Arab Emirates                  800-111
United Kingdom      0800-89-0011      0800-89-0222! to  0800-89-0877
                                       use BT           0500-800-800 to
                                      0500-89-0222! to   call other than US
                                       use MERCURY
                                      0500-800-800! to
                                       call other than US
Uruguay             00-0410$          000-412
U.S. Virgin Isles                     1-800-888-8000!
Vatican City                          172-1022          172-1877$
Venezuela                             800-1114-0$+      800-1111-0
 
 
KEY TO SYMBOLS
--------------
 
$  - Public phones require coin or card
+  - Limited availability
++ - Available in major cities
*  - Wait for second dialtone at this point
@  - International communications carrier
!  - Country-to-country calling available.  May not be available to/from
     all international locations.  Certain restrictions apply.
%  - Not available from public payphones
#  - Press # key on telephone
 
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From: bellatl@ba.com (Eric Rabe)
Subject: Bell Atlantic's Full Service Network
Date: 16 Jun 1994 20:50:32 GMT


We thought that Internet users would be interested in the following
News Release outlining our filing with the FCC to provide a full
service network.

Further information regarding this filing, including maps of the
deployment areas are available at ba.com via anonymous FTP
<ftp://ba.com/pub/Full_Service_Network/Filing_6.16.94> and gopher
<gopher://ba.com:70/11/Full_Service_Network/Filing_6.16.94>.


Eric Rabe
Bell Atlantic    |   Internet: rabe@ba.com


NEWS RELEASE ***********************************************************
***********************************************************Bell Atlantic

June 16, 1994      Shannon Fioravanti
       703-974-5455

       Joan Rasmussen
       703-974-8815
       <rasmusse@ba.com>

***************************************************************************
*  BELL ATLANTIC SEEKS FCC APPROVAL                          *
*  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FULL SERVICE                          *
*  IN SIX METROPOLITAN AREAS      *
***************************************************************************

Washington, D.C. -- Bell Atlantic today detailed the first
neighborhoods in six major markets where the company will begin
building its video dial tone communications network.  The plans were
provided in an application for a construction permit, which the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires under section 214 of
the FCC code.

"We're committed to providing our customers the advanced video and
interactive multimedia services they want, as well as the reliable
Bell Atlantic phone service they have come to expect," said Larry
Babbio, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Bell
Atlantic.  "Our network will offer customers a wide array of
entertainment and information choices.  We expect these services to be
competitive, and we're ready to take on the cable companies to win in
the marketplace."

On May 19, Bell Atlantic announced it would build the Bell Atlantic
network starting with deployment in six urban and suburban areas in
the mid-Atlantic region that is Bell Atlantic's telephone territory.
Those areas are: northern New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia/Delaware 
Valley, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Hampton Roads, Virginia.
        
Today's FCC filing is an essential step in deploying the video dial
tone system that will bring advanced entertainment and information
services to Bell Atlantic's customers. "This filing is a vote of
confidence in FCC Chairman Reed Hundt's commitment to streamlining the
approval process of these 214 applications," said Edward Young, Bell
Atlantic vice president and associate general counsel.  "We anticipate
beginning construction of the Bell Atlantic network as soon as we have
the commission's approval."
        
The filing proposes an innovative approach to addressing public
interest concerns identified by Congress and the FCC.  Bell Atlantic
announced a "will carry" proposal, a voluntary plan under which the
new network will provide transport without charge to local broadcast
and public, educational and governmental programmers.  These channels
would be available along with programming of all video information
providers.  Customers will need only a cable ready television set to
receive these local channels.
          
Video dial tone networks are common carrier networks that let
customers connect to video information providers or high speed data
networks in the same way today's telephone dial tone allows customers
to make audio connections.
        
"We are telling the FCC we will deploy our network throughout our
region as quickly as possible," said Young.  "Not only is this plan
the right thing to do, it is also in our best interest to connect as
many customers as we can since this will make the network more
attractive to information providers."
        
A hybrid fiber-coax system will connect customers to the network in
each of the six major markets.  In some parts of the metropolitan
Washington, D.C. area, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
technology will be used as well to provide the services over copper
telephone lines.  This will permit customers to receive interactive
entertainment and information via ADSL before Bell Atlantic deploys
the hybrid fiber coax technology.

"This filing also should put to rest any concern about so-called
'electronic redlining'," Young said.  "The racial diversity in the
areas served by this new network is greater than that in the overall
Bell Atlantic territory." The Bell Atlantic territory is 23.8%
minority.  However, the area where the advanced services will be
deployed is 36.2% minority in population.

Bell Atlantic Corporation, based in Philadelphia, is the parent of
companies which provide a full array of local exchange
telecommunications services in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The
corporation is at the forefront of developing a variety of new
products, including video, entertainment, and information services.
        
Bell Atlantic also is the parent of one of the nation's largest
cellular carriers and has an ownership position in cellular properties
internationally.  In addition, Bell Atlantic owns and interest in
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand and is the parent of companies that
provide business systems services for customer-based information
technology throughout the U.S. and internationally.

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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 10:49:16 EDT
From: Greg Monti <GMONTI@npr.org>
Subject: IXC's and InterLATA CID


The combination of Return Call and IXC handling of Caller ID makes for
an interesting combination.  You will be able to use these features
in combination to find out the phone number of someone who called you,
even if their Caller ID is blocked.

I tried it recently on an interstate, intraLATA call.  My LATA,
Washington DC, crosses state lines.  Calls to other states, even if
local, may be preprended by an IXC carrier access code and will go
through.  There is no incentive to do this because you pay the toll
rate of the carrier you select.

I received a (local interstate) call from someone who had blocked
their caller ID.  I told them I could find out their number by
concatenating a carrier access code with a Return Call code.  We hung
up.  I dialed 10288*69.  They answered.

I received a bill from Bell Atlantic Virginia for $0.75 (the "per use"
charge for Return Call), and, on the AT&T page, an itemized charge for
a one-minute interstate toll call to 301 NXX-XXXX for about $0.17.
So, for a grand total of $0.92, their blocked number was no longer a
secret.

In the future, when Caller ID rolls out nationally, *all* returned
calls (using the Return Call feature) to blocked numbers will be
billed by the IXC that carries them.  No need to dial 10288.  The
secret number will be exposed on your bill.


Greg Monti        Arlington, Virginia, USA      gmonti@npr.org

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