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	Thanks to all who replied to my earlier message about the
10xxx equal access.  I now understand completely what is going on (no
thanks to the local operators).  It works fine on ESS number, but my
non-ESS blasts tones in my ear and tells me to call my operator. Hence
this message...

     AT&T is, as far as I'm concerned, the best phone company for my
needs and I would like to stay with it for my dial 1 access, but they
are quite hostile when it comes to	equal access.	I
called	my operator and asked him what was wrong with trying to use
10xxx on my non-ESS # (I didn't at that time remember that it wasn't
under ESS *sigh*), but he simply gave me the run-around:

"I  am trying to use the 10 equal-access system and keep  getting
an error message. Can you help me, please?"
"Use 228 for AT&T, sir."
"I know; I want to use an ALDS, not AT&T for this call."
"Sorry sir, I don't know anything about that."
"But you just told me how to do it for AT&T..."
"That's different, sir."
"How  so?  Isn't  it  the  same  process  on  these  lines?  Just
10+3digits, right?"
"I  suppose so.  But we only know how to work 10 access with  the
AT&T code, which is 228."
"Ahh. Now, lets say I wanted to use AT&T on this line for a call,
what would I do?"
"It obvious you know how to use the servcie,  sir.  I'm afraid	I
don't  know how to work the ALDS systems.  Sorry,  but it appears
that I can't help you, sir."
"Yes, it appears that way. Thank you, operator."
"Thank you for using AT&T, sir."

After remembering that the line I was trying to use wasn't ESS, I gave
up on trying to do it, but what is the problem	with the operators?
They never used to be this hostile.  "Life sure was
easier	before the break-up...	had to have been one of the only
things that worked in this country..."

--Arun Baheti
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