Ken, On a BellSouth POTS line, if no long distance carrier is assigned, a long distance call cannot be dialed accidentally using 1 + 10 digits, but you can dial long distance by dialing 101 + the carrier code + 10 digits. The only way to avoid this is to pay for a restricted line, which is several dollars more per month. In a message dated 1/8/2006 12:52:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ken Abrams You can contact your local ILEC and remove any LD preferred carrier
arrangement, if you wish. This should prevent any recurring fee, if
> there was one in the first place, but the disadvantage is that if a
> LD call should, even by accident, be placed from your phone, you may
> find yourself assigned to a random carrier for that call, and this
> carrier will bill you at an unbelievably high per minute rate.
I don't think this is true.
If you have specified that you don't want an assigned (preferred) LD carrier, then a LD call DIALED "by accident" would not complete.