Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: convex!schnoebe@uunet.uu.net (Eric Schnoebelen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Dialing Procedures in Dallas Message-ID: Date: 18 Oct 89 21:53:14 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Eric Schnoebelen Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 46 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 461, message 5 of 10 In article rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu (Linc Madison) writes: -Various contributors have referred to the horrible situation in -Dallas. As a former resident who still visits frequently, I can tell -you it's quite confusing, and largely needlessly so. To add some additional comments and confusion to the Dallas calling situation, here are my comments. For the record, I have a personal metro line from GTE, at my home in Lewisville ( a far north Dallas suburb, actually closer to downtown Ft. Worth than downtown Dallas...ten minutes to DFW, forever to anywhere else :-) I originally got my metro line because I was frequently calling a girlfriend who lived in southwest Ft Worth, and the long distance charges were killing us. -3) To call from a regular Dallas number to a Dallas Metro number, you - MUST dial 214-NXX-XXXX, *even though* it's a local call in the same - area code!! Same error messages as above. This is not true, at least not with my metro number (214-434-1329, to be disconnected at the end of the month :-( ) I and my friends call my number as 434-1329 all the time, from all over Dallas. -4) To call out from any Metro number, I believe (I'm not certain) you - must dial only the area code for local calls, but 1+ if it's toll - and so on. To call Ft Worth, I have to dial 817-NXX-XXXX, to call Dallas, I just dial NXX-XXX. In Ft Worth, people must dial me at 214-434-XXXX. -The upshot is that you MUST dial 1 if it's toll, and you MUST NOT dial -1 if it's not toll. You must dial the area code whenever dealing with -a Metro number, though. I get the impression that at least one prefix in 214/817 is still reserved for true metro service. I hear the radio stations and Ticketron/Rainbow tickets advertising thier call in lines in the 787 exchange, with out listing the NPA. 787 is also ( obviously ) the choke exchange for Dallas/Ft Worth. -Got that? There'll be a quiz later.... Did I pass? [ picking on teacher time :-) ]