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Conference weserv::dtn

Title:DTN - DIGITAL Telephone Network
Moderator:WESERV::DTNVTX
Created:Wed Jun 04 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:616
Total number of notes:1057

614.0. "Calls to ZKO not being allowed from 641-xxxx FX line ?" by SMURF::FENSTER (Yaacov Fenster - System Engineering, Troubleshooting and other m) Tue Apr 15 1997 09:50

    This AM I tried calling my voice mail thrugh the 641-xxxx FX line.AFter
    entering my DTN I got a recording saying that from now on you can't
    call outside of New England using this line, please use your calling
    card. One small problem however, My DTN is in ZKO.....
    Anyone know anything about this ?
    
    	Yaacov
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614.1Me tooUNIFIX::HARRISJuggling has its ups and downsTue Apr 15 1997 13:5916
    I had the exact same problem calling via the Littleton LKG facility
    486-xxxx FX line, trying to connect to ZKO as well.  And the last time
    I check, Nashua was firmly in New England!  Or has the state of New
    Hampsire been taken over by Canada?  :-)
    
    I tried some alternate FX numbers serviced by Maynard Area, and got the
    exact same recorded message.
    
    The only FX line that was local to me and still worked was a line in
    Lowell serviced by the Marlboro area, but the best connect speed I was
    able to get was a split speed 14400/7200 - ouch!
    
    The Littleton/Maynard telecom support phone number is DTN-223-2420. 
    Maybe anyone that depends on FX lines should log a problem report.
    
    					Bob Harris
614.2Problem found and corrected!GLRMAI::LOWEWed Apr 16 1997 12:113
    The problem has been found and corrected.
    
    Chuck.
614.3? What was the FX line problem?AOSG::MONTAGUEWed Apr 16 1997 20:597
RE: the problem found and corrected.

 what was it? 

/jon

614.4Confirmed that 486-xxxx FX lines are fixed - thanksUNIFIX::HARRISJuggling has its ups and downsWed Apr 16 1997 22:500
614.5SMURF::FENSTERYaacov Fenster - System Engineering, Troubleshooting and other mWed Apr 30 1997 23:365
    OK, Now I can get to ZKO. But what happens if I need to talk to other
    time zones like Seattle or even Singapore (11-12 time zones
    difference) !!
    Even to Europe with a 5-6 hour difference it makes sense to call from
    home to catch people there
614.6COVERT::COVERTJohn R. CovertThu May 01 1997 11:3525
Usa a company telephone calling card.

You see, the cost _must_ be allocated back to your cost center.

Before, when we had leased lines that were underutilized outside of
business hours, there was essentially no cost for most DTN calls during
off hours.

Now that the leased lines outside New England are gone, every DTN call has
a real per-minute cost which must be accounted for.

The telecom industry has changed.  With contractual volume discounts, it
is no longer beneficial to have leased lines except in short-distance
high-volume situations.  I don't know what our discount with MCI is, but
with normal home users with $25 per month of usage able to get rates for
calls to Europe that are lower than undiscounted calls within New England,
we may be paying less to call Edinburgh than a low-volume user pays to
call Springfield.  I've read newspaper articles that say the transatlantic
rates are heading into the ten cents per minute range.

Calling on your DEC MCI card from your home and dialling 700+DTN will cause
the call to be rated almost the same as if it had been placed from your
office phone.

/john