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From: DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu) (DOUGLAS SCOTT REUBEN)
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Subject: 415 0+ Dialing
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Date: 25 Jul 90 06:35:41 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 511, Message 5 of 7


Hello Everyone!

A while back the Digest covered 0+ dialing procedures in the 415 (San
Francisco Bay) area, and, from what I recall, it was mentioned that
all local calling in 415 is now in the format 0+415-xxx-xxxx, ie,
there is no 0+xxx-xxxx dialing.

I've been out here for five weeks now, and EVERY phone in 415 (and a
good deal in 408) accept, and most REQUIRE 0-xxx-xxxx dialing when
placing a calling card call within your own area code. I've tried it
from Pac*Bell payphones and COCOTs, as well as from GTE in Novato
(415) and Los Gatos (408). (BTW, I must apologize for some of my
previous cracks about GTE ... I've been used to GTE in the LA area
which is plain awful, whereas GTE in the Bay Area, at least in my
limited experience, seems up to par with Pac*Bell in some areas, and
exceeds Pac*Bell in the speed with which it processes 0+ calls from
its payphones, at least in Novato.)

Additionally, the "#" sign can be used as a terminator for 0+ calls
that are ambiguous. IE, there is a 415-302 exchange, so if I dial
0-302-9999, the exchange doesn't know if I am dialing "415-302-9999"
or "302-999-9xxx", and I just didn't fisnish dialing in the "xxx"
part. So, if you want to dial 415-302-9999 from area code 415 as a
calling card call, you can dial "0-302-9999 #", and the call will go
through to Pac*Bell's calling card equipment much faster.

Anyhow, I've overstayed my welcome at the computer center incurring
large long distance charges from CA, so I best be going ...

If anyone has any info to the contrary, let me know where these
exchanges are so if I pass by I can give 'em a try.


Doug

dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu
dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet

P.S. I've been away for five weeks allready, so if anyone from the Digest
sent me any mail, please be patient and I'll try to get back to you
the next time I log in from here. (As if you're waiting on pins and
needles to hear from me...! :-) )