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From: gls@odyssey.att.com (George L Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: 215 Area Code Loses "1" per Newspaper 'Reporter'
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Date: 22 Dec 90 22:47:07 GMT
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In article <15527@accuvax.nwu.edu>, bill@gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu (bill)
writes:

> I've heard of ADDING a "1" to dialing in order to create more NXX
> possibilities, but ELIMINATING it to create more numbers?  How can
> this be?

It's obvious enough if you think it through.  Probably BoP wants to
use N0Ns and N1Ns as exchanges.  With the change, you will be able to
dial:

	1-202-234-5678 to reach the Znosko-Cola plant in Newark;
	202-2345 to reach Elfonzo's Used Ingots in East Allentown.

This simply doesn't work if they let you dial 1 first to reach
Elfonzo's Used Ingots.  Our esteemed Moderator's afterword has it
backwards:

                              [... I guess what she was trying to say
was that '1' would be required henceforth in order that area codes
could be used as prefixes. ... --PAT]


Col. G. L. Sicherman     gls@odyssey.att.COM