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From: coleman@cs.ucla.edu (Michael Coleman)
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Subject: Re: I Want to Dial the Area Code Even on a Local Call
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Date: 29 May 90 05:41:17 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 394, Message 8 of 10


I visited Kansas City over the weekend and discovered an annoying
quirk in the local phone system.

I was trying to dial a number in Kansas (area code 913) from Missouri
(816).  The number was about 30 miles off, but is considered "local"
in the sense that one just dials seven digits.

Having been out of the area for a while, I dialed the normal 11 digits
that one would dial in Los Angeles (for example) to do the same thing.
The bizarre thing was that although I was calling from a residence, I
got connected to a recording stating something along the lines of
"This number cannot be dialed directly from a pay phone..."

I called the operator, who gave a more helpful error message ("I think
I know what's wrong...")


Mike

try.            %% "When at first you 
try :- try.     %%  don't succeed, ..."         (coleman@cs.ucla.edu)