Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: dwtamkin%chinet.chi.il.us@laidbak.uucp (David W. Tamkin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 1 (708) NXX-XXXX Is Working. Message-ID: Date: 2 Aug 89 07:34:40 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 272, message 5 of 6 As of Wednesday (I didn't try on Tuesday) I found I could dial from my local Centel service in Chicago to suburban locations with 1-708 or without. (The official split date is November 11, 1989.) Just 708 alone does not work; perhaps 815 alone doesn't work any more either. [Previously I had noticed that I could dial the parts of area code 815 that are within the Chicago LATA without the leading 1.] Calls within Chicago require seven digits; putting 312, 1-312, 708, and 1-708 in front all fail. This might have gone into effect Tuesday, August 1; I'm not sure. -- David W. Tamkin Post Office Box 813 Rosemont, Illinois 60018-0813 dwtamkin@chinet.chi.il.us BIX: dattier CIS: 73720,1570 GEnie: D.W.TAMKIN [Moderator's Note: However, it does NOT yet work in Chicago-Rogers Park. After first seeing your message in the queue, you know I tried it immediatly from home. At this point here, 708 or 1-708 go immediatly to intercept. PT]