cmoore@brl.mil (Carl Moore) (03/24/91)
I am just back from New Jersey, and would like to report two stops at places with pay phones: Admiral Halsey service area on NJ Turnpike (northbound, at exit 13-A): Pay phones are on 908-289; however, as noted in my earlier trip to Phillipsburg, some phones still have 201 noted on them. 289 is an Elizabeth exchange, and it is local to Newark, NJ, remaining in area 201. Now get this: instruction card on the pay phone says that local calls outside area code require the area code, but the phone book's call guide says it does not! Same instruction card as above appeared in PA along southbound I-95 (using Yardley prefix 215-493), and this is possible because 215 is dropping the leading 1 for long distance within it. The "OUT OF CHANGE?" message at bottom, however, says 0 + number when it should be or become 0 + areacode + number.