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The following was submitted to a local news group by Lee; I encouraged him to submit it to r.h.f, but he felt it was too much bother. He explicitly allowed me to submit it. Full name attribution given below. Stu Bell stu@fc.hp.com Integrated Circuits Business Division Hewlett-Packard ------- I was trying to call the Denver Center for the Performing Arts from my HP phone. Since it is a long distance call, I whipped out my personal AT&T calling card. Then, I did the following: DIAL: 9-0-893-4100 "I'm sorry, but you must dial 303, then the number..." Ok, DIAL: 9-0-303-893-4100 "<boing>US West" Ok, DIAL my AT&T card number: XXX-XXXX-XXXX "I'm sorry, but that number is not complete as dialed." Argh. AT&T card number doesn't work with US West. Ok, let's try this: DIAL: 9-0-ATT-0-893-4100 "I'm sorry, but you must dial 303, then the number..." Ok, DIAL: 9-0-ATT-0-303-893-4100 "I'm sorry, but you must first dial a 1 before dialing that number..." Argh. Ok, what was that AT&T access number again??? DIAL: 9-1-800-123-0ATT "<doo><Daaa><DEEEP> I'm sorry, but that call cannot be completed as dialed, please hang up and try again..." Hmmmm. Ok, look at the back of my card, look around. Ah! I had the access number incorrect: DIAL: 9-1-800-321-0ATT "<BEEP> <BEEP> <BEEP> <BEEP>" Busy. Try again: "<bbblliiinnnggggg> AT&T" Ok, now we're getting somewhere! DIAL: 303-893-4100 "Please enter your card number" XXX-XXXX-XXXX "Thank you" <ring> <ring> "Thank you for calling the Denver Center Ticket Office. All lines are busy..." Remember, telephones are our friends....
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