Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: tel@cdsdb1.att.com (Thomas E Lowe) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Local Inter-NPA Calls and Number Conservation Message-ID: Date: 11 Nov 89 04:04:22 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: tel@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (thomas.e.lowe,ho,) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 28 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 506, message 1 of 10 In article ben@sybase.com (ben ullrich) writes: >Tell us this: If another area code were across the street from you >(thus making it a free call), how would you suggest the numbering >scheme work for this? In Central New Jersey, along the 201/609 split, there are several exchanges that are local calls to each other, even though in different area codes. In the phone book under the Local Calling section is the the following paragraph: "From telephones designated 597, 693, 698, 971, or 978, it is not necessary to dial the Area Code 201 on calls to the Toms River Exchange Area 240, 244, 255, 269, 270, 286, 341, 349, 505, 506, or 929 telephones." The first 5 (597,etc) are in 609, and the last 11 (240, etc) are in 201. Each of these exchanges exists only in either 609 or 201 area codes. All of these exchanges are local to each other. From other exchanges not listed above, you must dial the 201 or 609. Tom Lowe tel@cdsdb1.ATT.COM attmail!tlowe 201-949-0428 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Room 2E-637A Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733 (R) UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T (keep them lawyers happy!!)