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From: jsol@bu-cs.bu.edu
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Subject: Re: I Tried a Local Call From Pa. to Del.
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Date: 5 Jul 89 15:18:02 GMT
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You must have called from a COCOT. It would make sense that the
COCOT phone doesn't know anything about the call until you dial
either 1+ 0+ or insert a quarter.

Then 2) was the Bell of Pa. recording saying you have to dial 1+302

as for 3) I suspect the ESS machine was misprogrammed, or that this
is a feature to declare the 302-XXX-XXXX call a local call.

Next time you're there, it would be interesting to call 302-Some-toll-call
and see if it tells you you need a 1.

--jsol