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Subject: Re: 613/819 (Ottawa, Ont./Hull, Que.)
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Date: 13 Dec 88 21:57:37 GMT
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This is very common.  At the edges of area codes, a system called
'Extended Area Dialling' is used.  The area code is unneccessary for
a local call between area codes.
Thus, peopel in Ottawa are often unaware that they have called into
another area code.

How the revised North American Numbering plan impacts this, I don't
know.

P.S. My Bell Canada map shows that Santa Claus has an 819 number.
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