DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Douglas Scott Reuben) (11/14/90)
Just a quick note about the new Bronx, NY area code...
I think the new are code is 917, not 908. After reading Fred
Goldstien's post, I was pretty dumb, and called 908-555-1212 to see if
I would get NY DA. Well, I got New Jersey Bell DA that cost a nice 60
cents! :-)
I know, I know, I should know that 908 is the new area code for
Jersey...!
BUT, after making this silly mistake, I tried 1-917-555-1212, and
rather than my phone dropping into the "We're sorry, your call can not
be completed as dialed..." message right away, I got the * AT&T *
recording saying that "<AIS tones> Your call can not be completed as
dialed...Please check the number and dial your call again ... 718-2T".
I was calling LOCALLY (from NY Metro), not LD.
Why does it do this? Was 917 assigned somewhere "LD" before? (I don't
think it was ... was it?). Strange that we get an AT&T intercept
rather than a NY Tel recording. (Note: I tried this from a DMS-100, a
5XBar, and a 1(A?) ESS, all of which had the same results!)
On an aside, for those in the NY area, let's say I want to call Jersey
DA, and dial it via 10NYT-1-201-555-1212. This routes the call over NY
Tel's network, even though it goes across state lines. (This was
mentioned in previous issues of the Digest.) So how am I billed? 60
cents? Or perhaps 40 cents? (what NY Tel charges for local DA above
your three call allowance from residence phones).
Just curious ...
Doug
dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu
dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet
P.S. THANKS (again) to everyone who responded to my question about "Wink/
CPC" signalling. I tried to respond to many of you, but my mailer
bounced most of the .COM mail ... It does that occasionally.
I DO appreciate the time you took to answer! -DR