Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!texbell!chinacat!telecom-gateway From: judice@sulaco.enet.dec.com (Louis J. Judice 27-Nov-1989 0951) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: NJ A/C Split and Cellular Message-ID: Date: 27 Nov 89 14:59:13 GMT Sender: news@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG Lines: 35 Approved: telecom-request@chinacat.lonestar.org X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 534, message 6 of 10 Of course the fun thing about the impending A/C split here is how it will confuse cellular users... It will be almost mandatory to use at least 10-digit dialing on most calls. Along the 201/908 border it's fairly hilly, and the location of most of the cell sites. What A/C you're synched up with will be virtually random - in fact I live on a hill in Somerset County, and it's almost hit or miss when dialing near the house whether I end up on a Bernardsville cell or the Trenton cell (40 miles south - in 609 area code). And just to keep it interesting, my cellular phone is assigned a Newark exchange in 201, while I live and work in 908. The annoying thing about all of this is that it's all interesting and fun for we enthusiasts, but it will be a nightmare for the general public. Regarding Dave Levenson's comments taken from the Newark Star Ledger... Dave, all of Somerset County will be in 908 (including all of Basking Ridge [really Bernards Twp].) I would tend to believe that 11 digit dialing will eventually be needed throughout the state. The 908 section is all of Somerset, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hunterdon and Warren, and the southermost section of Morris County, and the little slice of Ocean now in 201 (Lakewood Area). Lou Judice Digital Equipment Corporation Piscataway, NJ 201-562-4103 (but not for long!)