From telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu Sun Nov 15 19:10:03 1992 Received: from delta.eecs.nwu.edu by gaak.LCS.MIT.EDU via TCP with SMTP id AA04523; Sun, 15 Nov 92 19:09:56 EST Received: by delta.eecs.nwu.edu id AA12076 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ptownson@gaak.lcs.mit.edu); Sun, 15 Nov 1992 18:09:50 -0600 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 18:09:50 -0600 From: TELECOM Moderator Message-Id: <199211160009.AA12076@delta.eecs.nwu.edu> To: ptownson@gaak.LCS.MIT.EDU Subject: MCI Mail Interconnections Status: R >From telecom Thu Nov 12 19:40:42 1992 Received: by delta.eecs.nwu.edu id AA15274 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for \telecom); Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:40:34 -0600 Received: from elmer.wrq.com by delta.eecs.nwu.edu with SMTP id AA07796 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:40:12 -0600 Message-Id: <199211130140.AA07796@delta.eecs.nwu.edu> Received: by elmer.wrq.com (16.6/15.6) id AA23189; Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:35:17 -0800 Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:35:17 -0800 From: Steve Forrette To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Subject: MCI Mail International Access Status: RO Pat, Here's the file about MCI Mail international access that I thought you may want to add to the telecom archives. - Steve Forrette, stevef@wrq.com MCI International Introduces MCI Mail Global Access from 27 Countries Rye Brook, NY (USA) -- March 2, 1992--MCI International, a subsidiary of MCI Communications Corp. (MCI), today began providing direct access from an initial 27 countries to one of the world's most popular electronic mail services, MCI Mail, through an in-country telephone call. Additional countries will be added throughout 1992. MCI Mail Global Access(sm) service provides a simple, high quality, low-cost alternative to a packet service subscription. MCI Mail Global Access also provides portability not previously available. In order to reach MCI Mail, traveling users simply dial a country- specific phone number from their computer terminal in any of the 27 countries. Until now, subscribers accessing MCI Mail from outside the United States had to arrange for a separate subscription to each country's packet switch service and pay the provider of that service for both the amount of time spent online and the number of characters sent and received. MCI Mail Global Access simplifies the process. Some advantages of MCI Mail's new service are: * Easy to use -- the same logon procedure will work in virtually all of the 27 countries. * Available today -- a separate subscription is not needed, which is especially important to travelling subscribers such as journalists. * Cost savings -- the price of this service is (U.S.) $0.50 per minute, billed in half-minute increments after a one-minute minimum. * Simplified billing -- access charges are billed on a per-minute basis instead of time and volume. * Consolidated invoice -- charges for access will appear on the MCI Mail invoice along with message charges. "Our customers need to be able to access MCI Mail overseas as easily as they do in the United States," said Jerry DeMartino, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for MCI International. "MCI Mail Global Access represents our continuing commitment to our international users. They are an important and fast-growing segment of our customer base and we are happy to provide them with high quality, simplified international access at a competitive price. This represents just one of several value-added features we will be adding to MCI Mail this year to address the needs of today's transnational businesses and world travelers." MCI Mail subscribers can obtain instructions and access telephone numbers online by typing HELP PHONES INTERNATIONAL at any Command prompt. Literature about MCI Mail Global Access with access telephone numbers can be obtained by contacting MCI Mail Customer Support at 800-444-6245 (outside the US call +1 202-833-8484). MCI International has 64 local offices in 52 countries, Puerto Rico and Guam, as well as local MCI Mail international distributors covering over 30 countries to provide premier support and service worldwide. MCI Mail provides a complete range of delivery services including electronic mail, fax, telex, hardcopy postal and courier delivery worldwide. The service also offers gateways to office automation, LAN and PC environments, and has been at the forefront in establishing global public network interconnections utilizing both X.400 and proprietary protocols. In addition, MCI Mail offers MCI EDI 400, an electronic data interchange (EDI) service. MCI is currently interconnected with over 51 X.400 public services, in 25 countries. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: Where will this access be available? A: Access will be provided from 27 countries; they are: Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Portugal Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom Q: In each of the countries listed, will access be available throughout that country? A: Some countries have "country-wide" numbers available; most have one or more cities where local access is available. In locations where the nearest access number is not a local call, users will call long-distance to that access number. Q: What about countries not on the list? A: More countries will be added later this year and in years to come. Meanwhile, customers in countries not on the list will continue to access MCI Mail in the manner they have been using-- primarily by subscribing to a local packet switch service. Q: How does it work? A: Users log-on in the following manner: 1. Dial appropriate access number, wait for connect. 2. Press twice or until a "#" prompt appears. 3. Type C and press . (What you type may not appear on your screen; this is normal.) 4. At the "CENTER:" prompt, type MCI,MAIL and press . (Again, what you type may not appear on the screen.) 5. At the "Please enter your user name:" prompt; type your MCI Mail username and press , then type your password and press . When you see "Connection initiated. . .Opened." you are now logged onto MCI Mail. Q: What about users of Lotus Express? A: They will need a connection string to log-on. The connection string is shown below and will be both published online and supplied to the field. @d~~|~~|~~|~~|~~C~|{CENTER:}MCI,MAIL| Q: What speeds and protocols are supported? A: The speeds and protocols supported vary from location to location; however, the majority of locations support speeds from 300 to 2400 bps with MNP5 error-correction. The access list that has been printed in hardcopy form and published online indicates exactly what access speeds and protocols are available from any particular access number. Q: What does it cost to use this access? A: Users will pay (US) $0.50 per minute from the time they are logged onto MCI Mail until the time they exit. The charge is based on a one-minute minimum, with 1/2 minute intervals applying thereafter; each fraction of a minute will be rounded up to the nearest 1/2-minute. This is the same billing procedure that is currently in place for Canadian and domestic Tymnet access charges. The price is the same no matter what country the user accesses from; also note that we are only charging for time spent online-- not for characters sent/received. Users will realize significant savings in many cases when compared to packet switch service access. Q: How will the user be billed? A: The access will appear as a line item on the user's MCI Mail invoice; it will be labelled "MCI Mail Global Access". Q: What about access problems-- who will help? A: Problems with MCI Mail Global Access should be reported to MCI Mail Customer Support like any domestic access or system problem. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You may log on to MCI Mail interactively and type HELP PHONES INTERNATIONAL and print or download the information or I will be happy to send it to you via MCI Mail or Fax. |------------------------------------------------- | Command: HELP PHONES INTERNATIONAL |------------------------------------------------- | |To use MCI Mail from outside the United States, |you may do one of the following: | |1. Use an MCI Mail Global Access (sm) number |from the list below. | |2. Subscribe to the country's packet switch |service. | |3. Use your modem to make an international |telephone call to one of MCI Mail's non-800 |access numbers in the United States. | | |MCI Mail Global Access |====================== |I. Instructions for use | |Choose the telephone number that is appropriate |to the country, city, and modem speed that you |wish to use. Please note: | |Unless otherwise noted, the modems on these |access numbers support the "CCITT" standards used |in much of the world rather than the "Bell" |standard used in modems built for use in the |United States. This difference is important only |if accessing at 300 bps, as the two standards are |NOT compatible at that speed. Numbers supporting |ONLY CCITT 300 bps are designated "300 CCITT;" |most U.S. modems will not be usable on them. | |Numbers designated "MNP4" support the MNP |error-correction protocol; numbers designated |"MNP5" support both the MNP error-correction and |data-compression protocols. Check the documen- |tation supplied with your modem for further |details on how to use these protocols. | |There is a charge of US$0.50/minute to connect |via MCI Mail Global Access. These connect-time |charges will appear on your MCI Mail invoice. | |II. Telephone dialing instructions | |Next to each country name is the International |Direct Distance Dialing (IDDD) country code. |Preceding each access number is the |inter-regional city or area code, if applicable. |The following rules generally apply in dialing |telephone numbers: | |LOCAL CALLING: Normally does not require the use |of the city code. | |REGIONAL CALLING: Normally requires use of the |city code. Some telephone networks require that |a 1 or 0 precede the city code. | |INTERNATIONAL CALLING: Requires an international |dialing prefix followed by the IDDD code, city |code, and local telephone number. | |Consult the local telephone company or PTT for |additional directions and explanations in the use |of telephone dialing and services. | | |III. Log-on instructions | |1. Dial appropriate access number, wait for |connect. | |2. Press twice or until a "#" prompt |appears. | |3. Type C and press . (What you type may |not appear on your screen; this is normal.) | |4. At the "CENTER:" prompt, type MCI,MAIL and |press . (Again, what you type may not |appear on the screen.) | |5. At the "Please enter your user name:" prompt; |type your MCI Mail username and press , |then type your password and press . When |you see "Connection initiated. . .Opened." you |are now logged onto MCI Mail. | |Users of Lotus Express: | |Insert the following connection string in the |appropriate field in the Communications Manager: | | @d~~|~~|~~|~~|~~C~|{CENTER:}MCI,MAIL| | |Be sure that the Protocol field is set to 'None.' | |IV. Access number list | | CITY CODE |COUNTRY/CITY SPEED (MODEM TYPE) TELEPHONE NO. | |------------------------------------------------- |AUSTRALIA (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 61) | |BRISBANE 1200 7-2524132 | 2400 7-2524124 |MELBOURNE 1200-2400 3-6391660 |SYDNEY 1200-2400 2-4374288 |AUSTRALIA-WIDE TOLLFREE 300-2400 008-811 167 | | |AUSTRIA (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 43) | |VIENNA 300-2400 MNP5 222.50148 | | |BELGIUM (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 32) | |BRUSSELS 300 CCITT 2-6480710 | 1200-2400 2-6479847 | 1200-2400 MNP5 2-6476398 | | |BRAZIL (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 55) | |SAO PAULO 300-2400 MNP5 11-1081212 |BRAZIL-WIDE TOLLFREE 300-2400 MNP5 000672 | | |DENMARK (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 45) | |COPENHAGEN 300-2400 38-331499 | |FINLAND (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 358) | |HELSINKI 300-2400 MNP5 92919 |(NOTE: USERS OUTSIDE FINLAND MUST DIAL 358-2919; |NO AREA CODE NEEDED.) | | | |FRANCE (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 33) | |PARIS 300-2400 MNP5 1-43441212 | 1200 1-43207441 | | |GERMANY (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 49) | |FRANKFURT 300 CCITT 69-6666062 | 1200-2400 69-6666881 | 1200-2400 MNP5 69-6666886 | | |HONG KONG (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 852) | |HONG KONG 300-2400 MNP5 8241121 | |(NOTE: THIS NUMBER SUPPORTS BOTH CCITT & BELL |STANDARDS AT ALL SPEEDS.) | | |IRELAND (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 353) | |DUBLIN 300-2400 MNP5 1-768800 | | |ITALY (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 39) | |MILAN 300-2400 MNP5 2-40910853 | 300-2400 MNP5 2-40910891 | 300-2400 MNP5 2-40910939 | 1200 2-40910847 | | |JAPAN (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 81) | |OSAKA 300-2400 6-2024159 | 300-2400 MNP5 6-2027970 |TOKYO 300-2400 3-52763801 | 300-2400 MNP5 3-52763868 | | |KOREA (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 82) | |SEOUL 300-2400 MNP4 02-7951002 | | | |LUXEMBOURG (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 352) | |LUXEMBOURG 300-2400 MNP5 498822 | | | |MALAYSIA - SEE SINGAPORE, BELOW | | |MEXICO (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 52) | |CANCUN 300-2400 MNP5 988-30013 | 300-2400 MNP5 988-30035 | 300-2400 MNP5 988-30124 | 300-2400 MNP5 988-30146 | 300-2400 MNP5 988-30149 |GUADALAJARA 300-2400 MNP5 36-260231 | 300-2400 MNP5 36-260236 | 300-2400 MNP5 36-260250 | 300-2400 MNP5 36-260258 | 300-2400 MNP5 36-260259 | 300-2400 MNP5 36-260337 |MEXICO CITY 300 CCITT 5-5387647 | 1200 5-5384252 | 1200 5-5384253 | 1200 5-5384254 | 1200 5-5384255 | 1200 5-5384257 | 1200 5-5384258 |MONTERREY 300 CCITT 83-556200 | 300 CCITT 83-548710 | 300 CCITT 83-548799 | 300 CCITT 83-548657 | 1200 83-542291 | 1200 83-542310 | 2400 MNP5 83-542292 | 2400 MNP5 83-542202 | | |NETHERLANDS (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 31) | |AMSTELVEEN 300 CCITT 020-6417855 | 1200-2400 MNP5 020-6476171 | 1200-2400 MNP5 020-6450952 | | |NEW ZEALAND (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 64) | |AUCKLAND 1200-2400 9-3664520 |WELLINGTON 1200-2400 4-4732600 |HAMILTON 1200-2400 78-466002 |CHRISTCHURCH 1200-2400 3-651800 | |(NOTE: LOGON PROCEDURE IS DIFFERENT - CALLERS |GET PROMPT 'SELECT HOST:', AT WHICH POINT THEY |ENTER 'INFONET' AND PRESS , THEN FOLLOW |NORMAL LOG-ON AS SHOWN ABOVE.) | | |NORWAY (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 47) | |OSLO 300 CCITT 2-421217 | 1200-2400 2-423590 | | |PHILIPPINES (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 63) | |MANILA 300-2400 MNP5 2-8171449 | | |PORTUGAL (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 351) | |LISBON 300-2400 MNP5 1-609192 | | |SINGAPORE (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 65) | |SINGAPORE 300-2400 MNP5 5351444 | |FROM MALAYSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES (TRANSIT |TRAFFIC): 300-2400 MNP5 65-5356743 | | |SOUTH AFRICA (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 27) | |CAPE TOWN 300-2400 21-4197424 | 300-2400 21-4197432 |DURBAN 300-2400 31-3052372 |JOHANNESBURG 300-2400 11-4035730 | 300-2400 11-4036934 | | |SPAIN (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 34) | |BARCELONA 300-2400 MNP5 3-4123282 |MADRID 300-2400 MNP5 1-3581951 | | |SWEDEN (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 46) | |STOCKHOLM 300-2400 8-7646595 | | |SWITZERLAND (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 41) | |BERN 300 CCITT 31-260931 | 1200-2400 31-260787 | 1200-2400 31-260691 |GENEVA 300 CCITT 22-7985756 | 1200-2400 22-7986364 | | |TAIWAN 9COUNTRY CODE IS 886) | |TAIPEI 300-2400 MNP5 2-3955100 | | |UNITED KINGDOM (COUNTRY IDDD CODE IS 44) | |LONDON 300-2400 MNP5 71-4374393 | 300-2400 71-4394055 |------------------------------------------------- | | |International access via packet switch services |=============================================== |For more information on packet switch services, |please view the free Bulletin Board INTERNATIONAL |ACCESS. | |To access the bulletin board, type at the Command |prompt VIEW INTERNATIONAL ACCESS. Then type SCAN |at the View Command to see a list of the topics |and countries available. Type READ followed by |the item number(s) you wish to read. | | | |Access via non-800 access numbers |================================= |Washington D.C. Metro Area: |--------------------------- |NUMBER: (703) 769-0700 |BAUD RATE: 300 - 1200 - 2400 |COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: 8 Data, No Parity, | 1 Stop Bit |SUPPORTS: Lotus Express, Desktop Express, |Norton Commander and other MCI Mail Gateway |programs that use X.PC error checking proto- |col. | |NUMBER: (703) 769-0750 |BAUD RATE: 300 - 1200 - 2400 |COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: 8 Data, No Parity, | 1 Stop Bit |SUPPORTS: MNP error correcting modems | |San Francisco, CA: |------------------ |NUMBER: (415) 543-1560 |BAUD RATE: 300 - 1200 - 2400 |COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: 8 Data, No Parity, | 1 Stop Bit |SUPPORTS: Lotus Express, Desktop Express, |Norton Commander and other MCI Mail Gateway |programs that use X.PC error checking proto- |col. | |NUMBER: (415) 543-6364 |BAUD RATE: 300 - 1200 - 2400 |COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: 8 Data, No Parity, | 1 Stop Bit |SUPPORTS: MNP error correcting modems | |NOTE: USERS WITHOUT ERROR-CORRECTION MAY USE ANY |OF THESE NON-800 ACCESS NUMBERS. |