Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Numbers and Numbers Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 89 16:09:36 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 61, message 6 of 9 To respond to Hector Myerston: o Of course, when you are talking about calls within that North American Area, the leading 1 reverts to being an access artifact and can then be omitted when giving the number out. I have seen some cases of 1-NNX XXXX where the leading 1 is put in to alert callers within the area code that this is a toll call. o And when N0X/N1X was introduced to other areas, it was pointed out that the alternative would be to divide the area immediately.