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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: Washington State Running Low
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In article <12058@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write:

>Don't forget that in New Jersey, intra-NPA toll calls are dialed as
>only 7D.

New Jersey has what one might call "almost strict" NANP dialing.  From
my parents' house in Princeton (AC 609) a seven digit call might be an
intra-LATA local call, an inter-LATA local call, an intra-LATA toll
call, or an inter-LATA toll call.  The 609 is two separate LATAs.
Also, local calls that happen to cross a LATA or area code boundary
can still be dialed with seven digits.  I expected them to require 11
digits on inter-lata local calls when they introduced the 908 area
code, but the current phone book that tells us all about 908
specifically says that local calls across the area code line are seven
digits.

I suppose that some people might prefer dial 1 for toll, but in the
presence of message units, optional extended dialing areas and LD
plans such as Reach Out, I don't really know what a toll call is any
more.

Regards,

John Levine, johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!esegue!johnl