SleepArtist t1_ixtsp1f wrote on November 26, 2022 at 7:54 AM Reply to TIL MCI owned 1-800-COLLECT for collect calls. A&T launched 1-800-OPERATOR to compete. People would misspell operator as "operater", which would be routed to 1-800-COLLECT. by lazarus870 Double TIL for me. I had never heard of 1-800-OPERATOR. I always used 1-800-CALL-ATT. Checked the article and learned that what I was using was what AT&T created in response to the misspelled redirect to their competitor. Permalink 9
SleepArtist t1_ixtsp1f wrote
Reply to TIL MCI owned 1-800-COLLECT for collect calls. A&T launched 1-800-OPERATOR to compete. People would misspell operator as "operater", which would be routed to 1-800-COLLECT. by lazarus870
Double TIL for me. I had never heard of 1-800-OPERATOR. I always used 1-800-CALL-ATT. Checked the article and learned that what I was using was what AT&T created in response to the misspelled redirect to their competitor.