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From: cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re: Local Calling Numbers
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Date: 26 Sep 90 17:25:44 GMT
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If, say, 647 (201 area now, later to be in 908 area) is not on "local"
list, it could be:

  a) a toll call
  b) so new that some equipment doesn't yet recognize it as a valid
     prefix (201-647 has been around for years, so it can't be new)

I had a case where I could not place a self-service 0+ call to
301-850, apparently brand new at the time; and someone I knew could
not call 202-994.  (These were both toll calls.)