[comp.dcom.telecom] Why Did I Reach "215 A Y"?

cat@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (09/29/90)

Speaking of AC 215, I made a toll free (800) call yesterday from
Detroit (ac 313) and got the following message:
  
   "Your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please hang up and
    try again  215 A Y".
 
I wasn't calling the 215 area code, I was calling a number in San
Jose.  What gives??
 
Also - does anyone know what kind of switches Michigan Bell uses
(1AESS's, 5ESS's, etc).

Thanks.

cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (10/01/90)

I can only guess that, in your attempted 800 call from Detroit to San
Jose, you reached a switching center in southeastern Pennsylvania.

It used to be that you could determine what area code you were
reaching for an 800 number, at least when dialed from out of state.
Perhaps you reached a wrong number and the wrong number happened to be
in the Philadelphia area.