cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (01/14/91)
Area Code 302:
I have examined the new calling areas in the Wilmington (Delaware)
call guide. The New Castle County exchange areas are Holly Oak,
Wilmington (this includes the Newport exchanges), Hockessin, Newark,
New Castle, Delaware City, and Middletown (NOT included is Smyrna, in
Kent County but also serving the extreme southern fringe of New Castle
County). The New Castle County exchange areas are now all local to
one another. In other words, there is no change in the Newark calling
area; and the calling areas for New Castle and Delaware City are now
the same. Local calls from the New Castle County exchange areas to
points outside are not affected; they are:
From Newark to Kemblesville and Landenberg (both Pa.)
From Hockessin to West Grove, Kemblesville, Landenberg, Avondale,
Kennett Square, Mendenhall (all Pa.)
From Wilmington to Landenberg, Avondale, Kennett Square, Mendenhall,
Chester Heights (all Pa.)
From Holly Oak to Chester Heights, Marcus Hook, Chester, Woodlyn (all Pa.)
From Middletown to Warwick (Md.) and Smyrna (Del.)
(none from New Castle and Delaware City)
I assume similar plans are in effect in Kent and Sussex counties.
Delaware still has 1+7D for toll calls within it, and customers were
reminded to drop the 1+ for newly-added local points within Delaware
(besides re-examining any foreign-exchange service).