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From: cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Joking Reference to 1+
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Date: 1 Oct 90 19:28:55 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 703, Message 13 of 15


Dick Bartley (last Saturday night, Sept. 29), on his apparently-
syndicated oldies radio program, gave the request number as
1-800-LIVE-GOLD (yes, 1-800-LIVE-GOL, without the trailing D, is
fine), and said (jokingly) to leave off the leading 1 if it is not
required in your area.  What could have prompted the remark about the
leading 1?

(I had the program tuned in on WQSR-FM, 105.7, Baltimore.)

There are few areas left which do not require the leading 1 in front
of a 10-digit long distance number.  This is true for at least part of
the following areas (I don't know of others):

408 in California
516, 914 in New York
(Use of N0X/N1X prefixes sharply reduced this list.)


[Moderator's Note: Carl, it was probably all very innocent. He's a
radio host, not a telecom enthusiast, or telecom weirdo, as Steve
Elias would say. What would he know about the obligatory one plus? He
was probably reading from a script someone at the radio station gave
him about how to receive phone calls, etc.  PAT]