Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: westmark!dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 8-Digit Phone Numbers vs. More Area Codes Message-ID: Date: 18 Nov 89 17:28:30 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 20 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 520, message 8 of 12 In article , lars@salt.acc.com (Lars J Poulsen) writes: (... regarding interchangeable NPA codes...) > Can this be accommodated without taking the whole system to ESS ? I > would expect that when this happens, you will ALWAYS need to dial the > area code, even for a local call. (Even though this may be handled by > your instrument by then). No, you won't ALWAYS need an area code. What you will ALWAYS need is what you already need in some parts of the US: you'll need to dial a leading 1 before an area code, and you'll never need a leading 1 for intra-npa calls. Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave