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Overburning - On 7 May 2004 10:33:33 -0700, janetk@ieee.org (janet k) wrote: My mother in Ohio has phone service with SBC and has been using USA datanet for long distance calls. USA datanet does not have a local access number in Ohio, so she has been dialing an 800 number to make her long distance calls. Recently, she cannot use the service because her home phone number is being blocked and the service does not recognize her as a subscriber. She has tried *82 and *67 options and has repeatedly contacted both companies. Each company blames the other for the problem and will not initiate a call on her behalf. She is a 90 year old woman who lives by herself with her children out of state. It has been over a month since she has been able to call them using her USA datanet access. I have also tried calling the companies, the FCC and the Ohio PUC with very little success. Any idea on getting her number unblocked? We're at a stalemate. Janet K. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My suggestion would be instead of wasting your time and hers trying to correct a problem with a long distance service which may not be the best deal around anyway, just get her converted to some other company at more or less the same prices or possibly a little better. SBC comes to mind. You could get her converted to one-plus dialing on SBC for three or four cents per minute, depending on her volume of calls. Check through the various SBC plans and choose what is appropriate for her needs. Or if you will tell us here about how much long distance calling she does in a month's time, I am sure guys here could help you plan her package. SBC is just an example; there are many dial one plus arrangements which bill through her regular phone account for convenience and are cheap enough. DO NOT get her all wrapped up in situations where she has to dial either an 800 number or some other 'local access number' first. PAT]Get her a cell phone and have her old number transferred to it underthe new number portability rules and tell SBC and USA Datanet both togo pound sand.Or keep SBC, drop USA Datanet and use prepaid cards from Wal-Mart orAlbertson's or any number of other places for LD calling. The use ofthe prepaid cards is almost the same ... call a toll-free number, press1 for English, enter a PIN, hear your card balance read to you, thendial 1-AC-nnn-xxxx.
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