Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1991 19:18:03 GMT From: Brent Chapman Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Surprise!! Message-ID: Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 418, Message 3 of 8 Lines: 35 Brian Gordon writes: > The good news is that, as of today, 01 Jun 91, PacBell has expanded its > local calling area, so I can call work, for example, without incurring > toll charges. > The bad news is that, without notice, the "permissive" 1-plus dialing > has stopped working. The normal dialing from 408 has been, for > example, just 415-336-xxxx. It was permissible, however, to dial > 1-415-336-xxxx, which, I presume, will someday become the norm. As of > this morning, using the "1-" form reaches a reorder tone ... > Doncha' just love those guys? Either PacBell already corrected this problem, or else it's something isolated to your local switch or PBX. I live and work just on the 408 side of the 415/408 border, while most of my friends live and work in 415. I habitually dial "1-415-xxx-yyyy". I made several calls from 408-745 to 415 yesterday (June 1) without any problems, and I just now explicitly verified that both "1-415-xxx-yyyy" and "415-xxx-yyyy" work from my home phone (408-745). Are you sure this one is PacBell's fault? Brent Chapman Telebit Corporation Sun Network Specialist 1315 Chesapeake Terrace brent@telebit.com Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Phone: 408/745-3264 [Moderator's Note: Incidentally Brent, I *love* your company's new T-1600 modem. It is working out quite well here at Digest HQ. PAT]