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From: danj1@ihlpa.att.com (Daniel Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: I Want to Dial the Area Code Even on a Local Call
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Date: 26 May 90 23:41:37 GMT
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msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:

:If I dial 1-416-759-0000, it is rejected because that is not the way
:to dial the local number 759-0000, and *therefore I must have
:misdialed*.  Perhaps I really wanted 1-415-759-0000, say; San
:Francisco instead of Toronto.  So why bother the poor wretch who has
:that number in Toronto?

Hmmm, it is protecting you from misdialing one out of the 150+ North
American areacodes ... but you might have dialed 412, 413, 414, etc.
when intending for 415.  So there's only one poor wretch out of 150
that will be spared being woken up by fumble-fingers via this
"feature". 


Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM	+1-708-979-6364