From: eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
Subject: Re: phone service resellers
Organization: XeniTec Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
Distribution: ont
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 08:29:59 GMT
Keywords: telecom resellers

In article <1992Sep19.172053.11852@analsyn.gts.org> anton@analsyn.gts.org (Anton J Aylward) writes:
>ian@sq.sq.com (Ian Darwin) writes:
>: I am using Metro Access Ltd. This service allows "unlimited" dial access
>: FROM a phone line in an exchange such as Tottenham, Beeton, Caledon, Oshawa,
>: and other near-Toronto areas, TO the Toronto calling area.  They do NOT work
>: from the K-W area yet; they say they might, but can't promise it.

The London Telecom deal currently provides boundaries that roughly
equate to (starting at Lake Ontario in the Niagara Peninsula) Grimsby,
West Lincoln, Caledonia, Ancaster, Lynden, Galt, Preston, KW, Breslau,
Guelph, Freelton, Waterdown, Burlington, Oakville, Brampton, Bolton,
Schomberg, Stouffville, Ajax/Pickering, and of course points in between.
They've advertised that they'll extend (at no additional) cost to
London and St. Catherines, RSN.  If you're living outside of the Metro
Toronto calling area, it might be worthwhile.  It saves me money,
from KW.

As for "unlimited", well, it was sold to me that way.  The ("no, we
have no contract") hookup order, or whatever they called it, that I
had to sign said something about their right to require me to buy
additional lines if I exceed 20 hours/mth.  Since that wasn't part
of the deal I'd agree to with the salesman (I don't agree to things
that I'm told about), I simply crossed out that part, and have heard
nothing about it.  They're of course welcome to monitor my useage,
it'll likely fall within their desired range anyway.  Check out the
fine print on your (un)contract; tell us what it says.

All this raises a side issue.  I've always (well, it seems that way
over the years) given precedence to email simply because it was
more convenient and didn't incur anything beyond my basic costs.
Now, I might be inclined to pick up the phone more often.  Interesting
concept.

>: For $27.95 a month (your mileage may vary), I get a little dialer gizmo that
>: detects when I start any call with a "9" and a pause. This code causes the
>: dialer gizmo to speed-dial some other number which I don't officially know
>: (but can easily find out with AudioTool, though it's obviously not in my
>: interest to publish the number), which gives me a dialtone on a line in (in
>: my case) Schomberg, from which I can call Toronto, Bolton, etc.

Well, sounds like the service area in my case is much broader (it
includes my area!), it's costing me $69.95 for business service (the
old "charge a biz more" routine, rez is cheaper).  From here, the black
box likely calls a # in Cambridge, which then dials a T1 linked # in
Toronto.  Since they're buying T1 services, they should avoid being
clobbered by the "no beyond 3 overlapping exchange" rule (so I'm told)
as they're not just forwarding through overlapping exchanges.

>Is this the example of the "dialer" gizmo that the recent CRTC decision
>isn going ding the forwarders for $250/month/line ?

Good question.  Does anyone know?

		--ed
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