cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (02/09/91)
When 214 area (now splitting to form 903) in Texas got the N0X/N1X prefixes, toll calls within 214 had to be changed from 1+7D to 1+214+7D. Was a similar change made to 817 at the time? This would be for area-wide uniformity in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I did some re-formatting of my "history" file, which notes that 201/609 and 919/704 have the same calling instructions for the sake of uniformity (although only one area code in each pair needed N0X/N1X prefixes).
gordon@utacfd.uta.edu (Gordon Burditt) (02/12/91)
>When 214 area (now splitting to form 903) in Texas got the N0X/N1X >prefixes, toll calls within 214 had to be changed from 1+7D to >1+214+7D. Was a similar change made to 817 at the time? This would >be for area-wide uniformity in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 817 "local" calls 7D 817 toll calls 1+817+7D 817->214 "local"* calls 10D (1+10D does NOT work) 817->214 toll calls 1+10D (10D does NOT work) "local" == free call; there are no "message units". * An 817->214 call may be "local" if either origin or destination phone has "Metro" service, or the origin is close to the 817/214 boundary and the destination is within its local calling zone. As far as I know, if an 817->214 call is "local", the same call in the reverse direction is also "local". Note that whether you dial "1" or not when dialing 817->214 depends on both the origin and destination lines, not the location of those lines within their area code, and 2 residences, one in 817 and one in 214, each with a Metro and a non-Metro line can generate 4 combinations, one of which requires the "1" and is not toll-free. I usually end up trying any 214 number without "1" first, and if it doesn't work, either give up or try it with "1", depending on how important the call was and who owns the line I'm dialing from. Gordon L. Burditt sneaky.lonestar.org!gordon