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From: cantor%dssdev.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (Dave Cantor)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: US Sprint invents fake "area code"
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Date: 29 Jul 88 04:17:00 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 117, message 5

The blurb enclosed with this month's bill from US Sprint has new
international dialing instructions.  Several countries (Anguilla,
Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman
Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat,
Mustique, Nevis, Palm Island, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, and Union Island) are all
listed with code "1 + 809".

The instructions say to dial 1 + Area Code + 7 Digit Number to "Canada
and All 809 Area Code Countries".

Is 809 a code that US Sprint invented?

Dave C.