>> Recently, my long distance carrier (TTI National, somehow a subsidary
>> of MCI) informed me that they're going to start charging a "monthly
>> fee" of $1.99. So I decided it was time to switch.
>> My new carrier's website instructs new users to call 700-555-4141 to
>> verify when the LD carrier has been changed. I hadn't dialed the
>> number in quite a while, so for kicks, I dialed it.
>> "We're sorry, your call can not be completed as dialed." This didn't
>> happen the last time I tried it (more than a year ago)
>> (Yes, I tried it with a "1" in front of the number)
>> So, any thoughts on how I can check who my LD carrier is?
>> TIA
> Do you have 900, 700, and 976 blocking on your phone? If you do, that
> explains it completely.
> Try dialing '00' and see what happens.
Dialing '00' produced nothing. Nothing at all.
Yes, I did have 900, 700, and 976 blocking. Got rid of that and it works fine now.
The odd thing is that I have *always* had 900, 700, and 976 blocking, since I got the line in 1998.
One would think that telcos would still allow 700-555-4141, and block all other numbers. Oh well.