Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 01:49 PDT From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Surprise!! Reply-To: John Higdon Message-ID: Organization: Green Hills and Cows 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 435, Message 6 of 11 Lines: 37 Dennis Blyth writes: > BTW, is this the furthest distance one can go, 'toll free' in the > states. (Pls, no flames for 800 service, I'm new to the net and > somewhat sensitive!) Have you checked out the Mojave Desert area of California, various and sundry areas of Nevada, or, for that matter, the big island, Hawaii? Do these areas count as being "in the states"? Nick Sayer writes: > Given the post-Greene reality, would it not make a BIT of sense to > reform area codes a bit? How about one simple rule: No area code could > be in two LATAs? Given that we are just about out of area codes, this would be a very bad idea (tm). In California alone no less than five new area codes would be required to fulfill your reform proposal. 1. The Chico LATA shares 916 with Sacramento. 2. Monterey shares 408 with San Francisco. 3. San Luis Obispo shares 805 with Bakersfield. 4. San Diego shares 619 with Los Angeles. 5. Stockton shares 209 with Fresno. And that is just in California. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !