Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Delay in Accepting 708! Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 89 01:31:44 GMT Article-I.D.: vector.telecom-v09i0514m11 Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: "David E. Bernholdt" Organization: University of Florida Quantum Theory Project Lines: 27 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 514, message 11 of 11 As careful as the phone companies try to be about warning people about area code splits, I just had a funny experience with the 312/708 split which happened Saturday 11 Novermber (if I'm not mistaken). On the evening of Sunday the 12th, I tried to call my parents using 708 and got a recording "Your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please hang up and dial again." After getting that message a couple of times, I tried 312 and made the connection. I did *not* get a recording saying "The number you have dialed is now in area code 708..." or whatever it is they say. This evening (Tuesday, 14 November) 708 works. I forgot to try 312 and see if they have the "change of AC" recording. (We are served by Southern Bell for local service and AT&T for LD) So... 1) Is this kind of snfau common during splits? 2) Any guesses on where the error occurred? 3) Did anybody else have this experience over the weekend? David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365