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Subject: 890 prefix
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Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 15:43:14 EDT
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 From:    Doug Mosher                 <SPGDCM at UCBCMSA>
 Title:   MVS/Tandem Systems Manager  (415)642-5823
 Office:  Evans 257, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
 Subject: 890 prefix
 To: telecom@buit1.bu.edu

 Pacific Bell in California uses the prefix "811" to enable customers to call
 their business office from anywhere in the lata, toll-free; this sounds like
 the 890 prefix service mentioned here earlier.

 Different final 4 digits are used for different prefixes.

 It seems almost overkill to allow calls from anywhere in the lata, in that my
 most urgent calls when travelling are not usually to telco business offices.
 However, if they have chosen to route all calls to a central location for
 service, it makes more sense. Bank of America here routes all calls about
 statements and what checks have cleared to one central office in Cal. for all
 x hundred branches, and no longer can you go to your branch and review your
 checks.

 Thanks, Doug
   Z  890 prefix