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From: dave@westmark.UUCP
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Subject: Re: new Md. pay-phone instructions
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Date: Tue, 15-Sep-87 22:31:37 EDT
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In article <8709110931.aa20340@VGR.BRL.ARPA>, cmoore@BRL.ARPA (Carl Moore, VLD/VMB) writes:
> A C&P pay phone in Elkton which is on 301-398 prefix has new calling
> instructions.  Maryland is running out of NNX prefixes, and apparently
> provision is being made to switch to NXX prefixes.
> Station-to-station: local--(7 digit) number
>                     toll-- 1 + area code + number
> All 0+ calls require area code.
> (Yes, "area code" can include 301.)

Maryland must be one of the few places left that hasn't adopted this
dialing plan.  I would expect most of the US to be on 1+ or 0+ ten
digits before long.  Because if the widespread use of this dialing
plan, areas where it is not required generally permit it, for the
benefit of travelers from other parts.
-- 
Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc.		A node for news.
Warren, NJ USA
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