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Re: 700-555-4141 Does Not Work

Fred Atkinson (fatkinson@mishmash.com)
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:24:23 GMT

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:41:39 -0400, Ted Klugman
<tedklugman@yahoo.no.spam.com.lga.highwinds-media.com> wrote:

> Recently, my long distance carrier (TTI National, somehow a subsidary
> of MCI) informed me that they're going to start charging a "monthly
> fee" of $1.99. So I decided it was time to switch.

> My new carrier's website instructs new users to call 700-555-4141 to
> verify when the LD carrier has been changed. I hadn't dialed the
> number in quite a while, so for kicks, I dialed it.

> "We're sorry, your call can not be completed as dialed." This didn't
> happen the last time I tried it (more than a year ago)

> (Yes, I tried it with a "1" in front of the number)

> So, any thoughts on how I can check who my LD carrier is?

> TIA

Do you have 900, 700, and 976 blocking on your phone? If you do, that
explains it completely.

Try dialing '00' and see what happens.

Fred

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