Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Robert_Swenson.OSBU_North@xerox.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Area Code 408 and 1+ Dialing Message-ID: Date: 28 Feb 91 23:17:17 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 19 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 168, Message 2 of 15 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 From John Higdon (john@zygot.ati) who wrote: >> Robert_Swenson.OSBU_North@xerox.com writes: > This is sometimes confusing. I work in AC 408 where the 1 before the > AC is NOT PERMITTED (this is in Santa Clara county), It was my understanding that '1' was made permissive a few years ago. Are you sure it is your telephone exchange that does not permit using a '1' and not your in house system? If so, I would be very interested to know what prefix does not allow the '1'. I just tried and my in house system still will not permit +1 (415) xxx xxxx. As your note asks, I do not know what Pac Bell will do directly. My work phone is (408) 737 xxxx Bob Swenson