bill@gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu (05/13/91)
I just got a little information from the Southern Bell public
information office on the proposed addition of NPA 706 to North
Georgia. It's all fairly short and sweet. To those wondering where
706 used to go, it used to get northern Mexico until Feb. '91,
according to a handy little DOS-based program I've occasionally used
called "AC.EXE".
The Metropolitan Atlanta LOCAL calling area will retain 404. The re-
mainder of north Georgia (outside the Atlanta local calling area) will
become NPA 706. According to Southern Bell folklore, the metro
Atlanta local calling area is the largest (by square miles) toll-free
calling area in the world.
Let me qualify this by saying that THIS IS NOT DEFINITE, but is what
Southern Bell is favoring at this point, according the public info
office. Any SBT&T higher-ups watching the net and know of something
different? If so, please let us know unless there is some compelling
reason for secrecy in the matter.
Bill Berbenich
Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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