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> > A related question:  Why is it that some areas insist that you dial 
> > 10nnn 1+??  Here in Jersey, if you dial 10nnn and the number you want, you
> > get a recording that you must "first dial a 1".  I thought that 1+ was 
> > implicit in 10nnn+.  Down in DC, where I was last weekend, 10nnn+number
> > works just fine in some areas, but others want the redundant 1.
> 
> In some areas (areas referring to area codes) all calls outside the area
> code require 1+ 10 digits.  All calls within the area code require 7
> digits only.  In other areas, all local calls are 7 digits, all TOLL
> calls (inter- or intra-lata) are 1+ 7 or 10 digits.  In the latter case
> the central office knows if you are going to dial 7 or 10 digits based
> on the second digit.  Area codes have a 0 or 1 as their second digit.
> Office codes have 2-9 as their second digit.  So much for the past...
> 
> In the last two years areas have run out of office codes, e.g. 312,
> Chicago.  In these areas, 3 digit numbers formerly reserved as area codes
> are being used as office codes.  The central office still needs to know
> whether or not you are going to dial 7 or 10 digits.  The alternative
> is that the CO has to wait 4-5 seconds after you dial the 7th digits 
> just in case you were going to dial 10 digits.  This would upset many
> people.  The way the CO predetermines if you are going to dial 7 or
> 10 digits is by the existance of the 1+ prefix.  This has to apply
> to 10XXX calls also, since they can be 7 or 10 digits.  And that is why
> some areas require 10XXX + 1+ and some do not.
> 
> -- Mark
> 
> P.S.  MY work phone number is 312-510-xxxx.  510 used to be reserved
> for future a area code.

Another example is 312-310-xxxx (AT&T-IS, Schuamburg, IL).

Imagine this, have an "enter" key on the telephone (ugh!), say use
"#" to enter, if anyone has DECtalk, they know what I mean.
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