Re: Modem Won't Dial Phone Card Number

[Bill Bryan <billb@rust.net>]

Annelise Anderson <ANDRSN@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
At 10:44 PM 11/27/95 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi--
>
>The modem that came with my 701 C--supposedly a fine road warrior machine!--
>can't dial using a phone card such as sprint.
>
>I'm using a REXX script under OS2 with
>dialcmd = 'atdt5551212'
>and this works--but if expanded to
>dialcmd = 'atdt18008778000,,xxxxxxxxxx,,xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>it won't even begin dialing; the first set of x's here is 0 plus
>area code plus number, the second set is my sprint card number.
>
>If I break this up into two sets, it dials only the second set.
>
>Has anyone solved this problem?
>
>Same result in dialing using Windows and Trumpet, where the number
>is in the trumpsck.ini file.
>
>Thanks--
>
>Annelise
>
How about this for a crazy suggestion:  Call your long distance carrier and
tell them your problem.  See if they can't set you up with a special shorter
version.  If they can't maybe a different carrier?  To many numbers it's
just a long distance phone call.  Your credit cards aren't that long...

B/B
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