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From: steve@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Schallehn)
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Subject: Re: 215 Area Code Loses "1" per Newspaper 'Reporter'
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merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>(I'm still baffled at what the "1 means long distance" people do when
>a differing area code is *not* long distance.  Do you dial the "1" or
>not?  Around here, if it's a different area code, it's definitely long
>distance.)

Southwestern Bell provides the answer in Kansas City (a 1+ "toll call"
area).  Kansas City is situated right on the boarder of Kansas (913)
and Missouri (816).  In Kansas City, you can call free to anywhere
else in the Greater Kansas City area.  A seven digit telephone number
is all that is required for any call in the Kansas City Area.  For
long distance calls in your home state, 1+ 7 digits works fine, and
for in the adjacent state, the normal 1+ area code + 7 digits.

I have often wondered about the wizardry in assigning prefixes.
Prefixes have to be unique for the entire Kansas City area.  You can't
have a 262 prefix on the Kansas side as well as a second 262 prefix on
the Missouri side.


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