Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: steve@wattres.uucp (Steve Watt) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: NXX Count (1-15 Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 08:24:21 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Steven Watt, Consultant, San Jose, CA, USA Lines: 20 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 159, Message 4 of 8 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu In article cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: [ slurp! ] > You have some cases where you say "ten digit dialing"; this should be > eleven digits (1 + area code + number), as there are some places where > ten digit dialing (leading 1 NOT required) is in effect for local > calls crossing an area code border. [ more deleted ] On a somewhat related note, I'm curious ... how many area codes are there out there (like PacBell territory in 408) that don't require a 1+ for *any* call, local, long-distance, or otherwise? I once heard a rumor that 408 was the last area code in the NANP that allowed 10 digit (real 10 digit, not 1+ten.) dialing ... is PacBell that slow? Is it PacBell that's slow? Steve Watt ...!claris!wattres!steve wattres!steve@claris.com also works