Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!ames!bionet!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Area Code 408 and 1+ Dialing Message-ID: Date: 28 Feb 91 22:30:56 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Ascent Logic Corporation; San Jose, CA Lines: 29 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 168, Message 1 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 In Robert_Swenson.OSBU_North@xerox.com writes: >> 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. Are you sure this isn't just the funky Xerox phone service? I used to work at PARC; I know just how funky it can get ... I live and work in the 408 area code, and have "normal" lines both at work (where I run the phone system; an AT&T Merlin II that I inheirited with the job, if anybody cares) and at home; I habitually dial "1 415 xxx yyyy" for 415 numbers from both locations, and never have a problem. I just tested dialing without the "1" from work, and sure enough it works, but (at least here, in the 408-943 exchange) it works just fine _with_ the leading 1 as well. Brent Chapman Ascent Logic Corporation Computer Operations Manager 180 Rose Orchard Way, Suite 200 chapman@alc.com San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: 408/943-0630