cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (09/25/90)
Yesterday, I was able to get to a pay phone in Lehighton, Pa.
(215-377), where the Jim Thorpe exchange (717-325) is a local call.
325 (this is NOT 325-xxxx) got "cannot be completed as dialed".
717-325-xxxx got message that it was now necessary to dial 1+717+
number; no change in billing.
1-717-325-xxxx -- message about 25 cent deposit.
The bottom line is that yes, this local call from 215 area to 717 area
does require 1+areacode. (Also required on local calls from 215 to NJ
and to Delaware.)
I also tried the following:
656-xxxx -- must dial a 1 in front of this call (I chose this because
there is, barring very recent change, no 215-656, but 302-656 has
been around for more than 30 years)
1-656-xxxx -- "cannot be completed as dialed".