Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 2 Jun 91 19:41:17 GMT From: Bill Woodcock Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Surprise!! Message-ID: Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing 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 4 of 8 Lines: 39 Brian.Gordon@eng.sun.com writes: > 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? Whew. Well, I just tried from my phone in Santa Cruz (408-425-XXX) to my phone in Berkeley (415-843-XXXX) and got through with the 1-plus dialing, but got the "Sorry, but you must first dial a one..." when I tried without. But then I have to dial a 1+7D to get to San Jose, too, and 1+408+7D _doesn't_ work. :-) Yeah, I just can't get enough of that great Pac*Bel logic either. Does this mean that after the 415/510 split, we'll be getting free unlimited calls to a _different area code_ if we have flat-rate service, and are calling back and forth from SF to the East Bay? Does that happen anywhere else? Bill Woodcock BMUG NetAdmin bill.woodcock.iv..woody@ucscb.ucsc.edu 2355.virginia.st..berkeley.ca.94709.1315 [Moderator's Note: Although we do not get flat-rate service, we do get untimed local calls within an eight-mile radius for about four cents each. Many subscribers have a mix of 312/708 in their local area, and I think Centel gives their Park Ridge/Des Plaines customers flat rate unlimited service into IBT's Chicago-Newcastle and Chicago-Ohare COs. Also, the far south side of Chicago (312) and the extreme northeast corner of the southern suburbs (708) get local untimed calls back and forth to each other as well as to selected places in 219; ie, Hammond/ Whiting. PAT]