Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!chinacat!telecom-gateway From: apple!netcom!edg@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Edward Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How Are Inter-LATA Calls in the Same Area Code Handled? Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 89 19:46:31 GMT Sender: news@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG Reply-To: Edward Greenberg Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175} Lines: 41 Approved: telecom-request@chinacat.lonestar.org X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 536, message 6 of 10 In article smk@attunix.att.com (S M Krieger) writes: (Asks some questions about interlata dialing in the same area code.) Here in San Jose, I am in the 408 area, which is split between two LATA's. North of "the summit" which is the hills south of San Jose, we're in the San Francisco LATA, which stretches to the Oregon border. South of that, they're in the Monterey LATA. >Here are a few specific questions that I have: > 1. Can just the 7 digit number be used to call across LATA > boundaries within the same area code? YES. It's transparent to the user. The default LD carrier is chosen. > 2. If someone wants to use an alternate LD carrier, is it > necessary to dial 1+a/c+7 digits after 10xxx or just > 10xxx and 7 digits? Just 10288+7digits works fine. > > 3. Is there anything else I should be asking but am not? > The meaning of life, perhaps? (sorry.) Actually, mileage on this may differ around the country, but here in 408 land, it's all pretty well laid out. At least where Pacific Bell is concerned. P.S. Hi Stan. I'm used to seeing you in another newsgroup. Glad to see you here. Ed Greenberg +1 415-694-2952 (day) uunet!apple!netcom!edg edg@cso.3mail.3com.com 76703,1070 on CompuServe