Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: dgc@math.ucla.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Calls With Area Code Prefixes Message-ID: Date: 23 Nov 89 03:00:36 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 29 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 530, message 4 of 11 Can anyone tell me exactly how calls with area code prefixes are handled? Previous messages on the handling of 700 calls left me with some questions unanswered. I think that there are basically 4 cases: 1. 1-800 prefix 2. 1-900 prefix 3. 1-700 prefix 4. All other prefixes Basically, the question is: "How are each of theses handled?" In other words, how does the local telco (GTE in my case) decide what to do with 800 numbers? 900 numbers, etc. Why couldn't US Telecom just have you dial 11+local number if 1+ calls (other than 10+ calls) all go to it? Is there some requirement that exactly 10 digits follow the initial 1? and couldn't that be handled by having the customer dial dummy 1's either at the beginning (say 1111) or at the end of the number (111) at the end? When equal access "choice" took place a couple of years the telco literature (Sadly, I didn't save it. Now, because of some serious problems, I save it all) stated (as I recall) that I was choosing my "default" long-distance carrier, specifically, the one who would handle 1+area-code long-distance calls. Now it appears that other long-distance carriers handle some 1-800 prefixes (this I don't care about) and some 1-900 prefixes (this is the problem in my case). dgc