Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!rex!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telecomm*USA Wants Your Local Phone Calls, Too Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 89 20:41:35 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 26 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 525, message 1 of 11 In article , telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) writes: > "If you are an equal-access dial one-plus customer of Telecom*USA, > you can enjoy these benefits: > > Easy Dialing: Dial 1 + 700 + 7 digit number within your area code. This can't work here. The San Francisco LATA is comprised of three area codes: 415, 707, and the very northern part of 408. Most of 408 is in another LATA. I have local calls that require dialing 415, and inter-LATA calls that are seven digits. Most numbers in 408 are either purely local (zone 1) or inter-LATA. So how would one dial intra-LATA calls from my 408 phone to 415 and 707 telephones using "1 + 700 + 7 digit number"? John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o ! [Moderator's Note: Actually, I guess you wouldn't make much use of it there, any more than I would here in Chicago calling a few blocks away to a place in 708. I think the 700 plan is only beneficial where all or a large part of a state is in the same area code. It would probably be beneficial in places like Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, etc where there is much empty space and relatively small local calling areas. PT]