Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: johnp@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (John Parsons) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: LD Dialing Without the "1" Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 91 19:21:27 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 188, Message 2 of 10 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 wallyk@bicycle.wv.tek.com (Wally Kramer) writes: > > ... how many area codes are there out there (like PacBell > > territory in 408) that don't require a 1+ for *any* call, ... > 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 .... It all depends on how you were raised, I guess. I grew up in PacBell 213 land, where 1+ was not required for toll calls. Now I live in USWest 303 land, and it's *annoying* to get that "We're sorry, you must first dial a ONE..." intercept. Cheerio, John Parsons johnp@hpgrla.gr.hp.com