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From: essachs@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Edward S. Sachs)
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Subject: Re: Help Please Chicago Local Calling
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Date: 14 Nov 89 17:43:41 GMT
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> [Moderator's Note: Mercy! All two hundred villages and towns in
> northern Illinois?  I haven't the nerve to ask David Tamkin to type in
> such a list. The general rule of thumb would be this: Chicago, zip
> code 606xx, will be in 312. All other towns in the 600-601-602 zip codes
> will be 708.

 ... Except for some suburbs such as Niles, which border on the city
of Chicago and are served by the Chicago post office (606xx), but are
in area code 708.

			Ed Sachs
			AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
			att!ihlpb!essachs, e.s.sachs@att.com