Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!bu.edu!telecom-request From: wallyk@bicycle.wv.tek.com (Wally Kramer) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: LD Dialing Without the "1" (was Re: NXX Count ...) Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 00:02:50 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: Wally Kramer Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR Lines: 16 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 175, Message 12 of 13 steve@wattres.uucp (Steve Watt) writes: > 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? Northern New Jersey 201-XXX didn't when I was there in 1982. Particularly annoying as I was unfamiliar with the area and with little money, so I would have really liked having to dial a 1 to protect me from accidental spending. This is probably the intent -- after all, Bell 'owns' New Jersey. Wally Kramer contracted from Step Technology, Portland, Oregon 503 244 1239 wallyk@orca.WV.TEK.COM +1 503 685 2658