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From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: How To Dial Long Distance
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Fred Goldstein writes:
> In any case, 7 digits for inter-area is wrong, since you
> have to specify _which_ area code you want.  (NYC has 4, for instance.)

Ah, but what Greg Monti said was that "7 digits for inter-area local
calls" was used only where area codes cover a large area, and not in
places like NYC.  For instance, I was recently in Hull (area code 819)
and watched my wife make a (local) call to Ottawa (area code 613) by
dialing 7 digits.  For instance, 239 is an Ottawa prefix; from Hull,
239-5000 would reach the Canada's Capital Visitor Information Centre
in Ottawa.  The trick is that if 239 exists in area 819 at all, it's
in a location that is NOT a local call from Hull, and one dials
1-239-5000 to reach it.


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