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Article #115Re: One Number Fits All?
From: Patty Winter
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:17
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In article <higgy-A663EE.12205420102012@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, John Higdon <higgy@kome.com> wrote: > >The panache of using having the same prefix in each of the Bay Area area >codes has just flown out the window in the south bay. If you don't dial >a '1' + area code in front of a number, starting today, your call will >bomb if you have a 408 number. This is, of course, completely >unnecessary from an hard core logistics point of view, but this is the >way our decaying telephonic infrastructure has decreed that it will be. I thought that once they decided to do an overlay rather than splitting the existing 408 geographical area, the country code was mandatory. But I don't program telco equipment, so maybe I'm wrong. It seems odd, though, that they would have instituted an unpopular requirement if it hadn't been a technical necessity. Or do you mean it was "unnecessary" because the area code splitting option wouldn't have required it? If so, then you're not saying, "It was completely unnecessary," but rather, "It would have been unnecessary if they had chosen the option I preferred, but it became necessary once they chose the other option." As someone who would have been a loser in the area code splitting lottery, I'm glad they chose this option. Patty
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From: Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com>
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Subject: Re: One Number Fits All?
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