Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: 0003829147@mcimail.com (Sander J. Rabinowitz) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Intra-NPA Long Distance (Was: Washington State Running Low) Message-ID: <12068@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Sep 90 15:29:00 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 36 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 639, Message 7 of 10 In the TELECOM Digest issue of 12 September 1990, Bob Goudreau of Data General Corp. writes: >In article <11912@accuvax.nwu.edu>, merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal >Schwartz) writes: >> I think this scam of using 1+ to indicate area codes instead of toll >> calls is actually good for the phone company in two ways ... they can >> sell more phone numbers (if it wasn't for PBX DID, we wouldn't be >> running out), and people can get stuck with toll calls without knowing >> it. A scam. >First of all, are you sure that the new dialing rules will allow you >to dial intra-NPA long distance calls as NXX-XXXX? We've undergone a >similar number shortage here in NC, and the new rules require >1-NXX-NXX-XXXX for *all* long distance calls, both intra- and >inter-NPA. Eight-digit dialing for intra-NPA LD (1-NNX-XXXX) has been >eliminated. Any number that can be dialed with only seven digits is >thus guaranteed to be local. My own area (area code 313) is in a transition to 1-NXX-NXX-XXXX dialing, such that both methods of dialing (as described above) are presently allowed. One interesting side effect (I suspect that it's accidental) is that 10xxx long-distance carrier (LDC) access codes can be used for all 1-NXX-NXX-XXXX, even if the call is _within_ the same LATA! I tried this experimentally for a couple of numbers, and it did show up in the bill on a separate page for the LDC. I suspect that this must be temporary, because I was under the impression that LDC's could not handle intra-LATA calls. Sander J. Rabinowitz -- +1 313 478 6358 -- 0003829147@mcimail.com The University of Michigan-Dearborn (Graduating Senior) Views are not necessarily those of the University.