Re: CHAT: postcodes
| From: | Douglas Koller, Latin & French <latinfrench@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 23, 2002, 20:12 |
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John wrote:
>The worst continuing annoyance of the U.S. phone system is that
>to call any given number, one must dial either a 7-digit number or 1 followed
>by a 10-digit number, and if one works the other doesn't. Why
>give us an annoying "You do not need to dial 1 + area code to reach
>that number" recording instead of just connecting the call?
I'm sort of befuddled as I try to remember. Local calls are 7,
non-local calls (which I guess means exchanges outside a certain
radius) are 1 + 7 digits. Long-distance is 10. It seems to me when
I've vacillated between 7-8 or 8-10, I haven't been penalized for
overdialing, but definitely berated for underdialing (boo, daw,
fweep! We're sorry, we cannot complete your call as dialed, you need
to add...).
Kou