Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!telecom-request From: cbmvax!.UUCP!robert@uunet.uu.net (Robert L. Oliver) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Correct Way to Write Your Phone Number Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 00:12:25 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Rabbit Software Corp. Lines: 15 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 204, Message 6 of 14 Thought I'd add some interesting information: all of the literature which I receive regarding my AT&T Universal Card uses the following phone number formats: For standard phone numbers, they use (NPA) NXX-XXXX For their 800 numbers, they use 800 XXX-XXXX. Interesting. I suppose what they're trying to indicate is that the area code is optional if you're WITHIN the NPA, while the 800 is always required, and thus a non-optional part of the number. Robert Oliver Rabbit Software Corp. 215 993-1152 7 Great Valley Parkway East robert@hutch.Rabbit.COM Malvern, PA 19355 ...!uunet!cbmvax!hutch!robert