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From: jsol@bu-it.bu.edu
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Subject: Re: Area Code NineOhNine
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Date: 19 Oct 89 22:17:52 GMT
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   Date: Thu, 19 Oct 89 18:04:38 -0400
   From: clements@BBN.COM


   Sorry, I think we are having a basic misunderstanding...

   > From Lexington you can call 508 numbers, but from Cambridge you can't.
   > I can't call Concord or Framingham or any of the other areas outside of
   > the "don't dial 1" area....

   > Note that if you don't have Metropolitan service, you get charged message
   > units for calls placed to areas outside of your immediate local calling
   > area but inside the metropolitan service boundary. You don't dial 1 for
   > these calls either.

   I know all that.

   These seem to be examples of what I was saying, namely that there
   is NOT and has not recently been the "feature" that you can tell
   what is a free call by whether you have to dial a "1".

   But in your telecom posting, I thought you were saying that there
   WAS such a feature and that you would miss it when it goes away:

      "However, I will miss the dial-1-is-a-toll-call feature of this
      area, meaning that if I call a number, I won't know if I have
      to pay for it or not."

   ?????

   /Rcc


In Cambridge, Somerville, and Everett and Boston this is the case.  It
is not the case in Lexington. I had forgotten about the case of the
numbers that are either in 508 or can dial 508 numbers included in
metropolitan service.

Let me point out that my experience with Metropolitan service is the
cities listed above. Those are places where I have actually lived and
have had dial-1-means-toll-call service for about 6 years.

It is true that in many cases, particularly in outlying areas of
Mass., that dial-1-means-toll-call is not implemented. Here it is, and
therefore I will miss it when it goes away.

  jsol