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From: dzoey@UMD5.UMD.EDU (Joe Herman)
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Subject: Re: (none) (really Maryland +1 dialing)
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Date: 3 May 88 01:44:37 GMT
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From article <8804291646.AA06018@uunet.UU.NET>, by news@BBN.COM:
> The point is, however, that some places, like Maryland for instance,
> do not use a prefix 1 to identify toll call

Must've been a while since you've been back to visit the Free State.
I now get those annoying little "you must dial a 1..." messages
whenever I try to dial long distance sans 1 prefix.  I assume this
is because they're running out of exchange numbers somewhere.

In the old days dialing a 1 *did* signal a toll call, a local
(intra C&P) toll call.  For instance, to dial Bal'mer from College
Park, all you had to do was dial 1 + seven digits.  You didn't
really need the 301 prefix.

As long as we're strolling down memory lane,  does anyone have a
collection of mnemonics/name that went with exchanges?
My folks still say "Juniper 8" for the 588 exchange.

                          Joe Herman
                          PC/IP Stuff
                          University of Maryland, CP

dzoey@terminus.umd.edu


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