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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:32:06 EST
- From: andys@internet.sbi.com (Andy Sherman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Strange Operator Chatter (was 510-613 vs 613-NNX)
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- On 16 Dec 92 03:05:43 GMT, our esteemed Moderator noted:
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- > Even though oddly enough, on an international call I made today
- > through AT&T when I dialed the operator she answered like this:
- > [listen!] '.... Illinois Bell, may I ... I mean, AT&T, may I help
- > you please? ...' ... yes, I thought it was strange also.
-
- Actually, it's not as strange as you think.
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- AT&T still contracts to do local operator service for a lot of LECs.
- But operators are not earmarked for particular calls. Any call, AT&T
- or LEC, coming into the Operator Services Center goes to the first
- available position. One of the things that comes up on the OSPS
- console is the company carrying the call. I suspect that your
- operator was new and had just handled a few IBT calls and forgot to
- check the screen before uttering the (branded) greeting.
-
-
- Andy Sherman
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- Salomon Inc - Unix Systems Support - Rutherford, NJ
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