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The reason the 800 numbers are available in Canada and the US is because
the have the same country code, 1.  The phone systems of the two countries
are very intertwined and I have been told that sometimes your long distance
calls in the US actually go through Canada, and the reverse is true also.
 Mexico has a different country code.  This has nothing to do with NAFTA.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com


-----Original Message-----
From:   Joe Geiser [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, March 27, 1998 3:47 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Int'l Toll-Free Numbers (was... Terminal Emulation...)

So AT&T messed with my head, eh?  They said my (800) number would work from
the US and Canada (not Mexico?  darned NAFTA! <hehe>)

Actually, Stan is right, and so is Doug.  MiniSoft has toll-free access
from
countries other than the US and Canada --- it's just that it's not (800)
682-0200...

And no - I don't have toll-free in other countries --- yet ;-)

...and in defense of AICS - Stan is right on that count too... AICS does
have voicemail, but it's rarely used... a person (Wirt, Valerie, somebody)
answers virtually all of the time.  Wirt has said time and time again, he
makes it a point to answer every support call, and by golly, he does.
 OTOH -- I've always gotten a person at MiniSoft as well, and put through
to
whomever I need to talk to easily.  There are many many companies with the
same ethic...

Have a great weekend all --- and hopefully by Monday, we'll have all
chilled
out, those of us in the NE US will have enjoyed our first peek at summer
(the shorts came out today!), and we'll all be smiling!  (At least, let's
hope so :)

Cheers,
Joe