Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: techwood!johnw@gatech.edu (John Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How big can a Local Dialing Area be? Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 89 16:03:48 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: John Wheeler Organization: Turner Entertainment Networks Library; Atlanta Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 136, message 5 of 6 In article hubcap!trev@gatech.edu (Trevor Zion Bauknight) writes: > >I read somewhere that Atlanta, GA has the biggest Local Dialing Area in >the country. Of course...you can't believe everything you read... > Well, those of us who live here may tend to be boastful (grin) but we DO have over 6 inches (of phone book, thick, that is) in two white-page and two Yellow Pages volumes, weighing in around 12 pounds. What's metered service, anyway? (hee hee) I have heard rumors of another area code for us, which we currently share with the rest of North Georgia... -- Turner John Wheeler E N T E R T A I N M E N T ...!gatech!nanovx!techwood!johnw Networks Techwood Library * home of Superstation TBS * TNT * TBS Sports