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Subject: Area Code 408 and 1+ Dialing
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> I once heard a rumor that 408 was the last area code in the NANP
> that allowed ten digit (real ten digit, not 1 + ten) dialing.

This is sometimes confusing.  I work in AC 408 where the 1 before the
AC is NOT PERMITTED (this is in Santa Clara county), and I live in 415
(in Alameda county), where it IS required. Sometimes it takes a few
tries before I realize I am using the wrong dialing pattern for where
I am.


Bob Swenson