schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) (09/12/90)
The following is taken from a recent DoD News Release:
NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR PENTAGON
Effective Oct. 1, 1990, the Department of Defense will be
affected by new telephone dialing procedures being implemented in the
Washington, D. C. area.
As of that date, the C&P Telephone Companies, which service the
Pentagon and other DoD installations, will require callers to dial 10
digits when making a local call outside a particular area code. For
example, a call from the Pentagon in Virginia to the Washington Navy
Yard in Washington, D.C. will be dialed 9 + 202 + the 7-digit local
number. (In this example, the "9" is not a part of the telephone
number, but is used to reach an outside line.) In addition, the area
code for the Pentagon building will change from 202 to 703, effective
Oct. 1, 1990.
Long distance dialing will remain unchanged; callers will
continue to dial 9 + 1 + area code + the 7-digit number.
As a result of this requirement, all 694-XXXX telephone numbers,
used by the DoD, will change to 614-XXXX, effective Oct. 1, as well.
This change is necessary because (703) 694-XXXX is already used in
Stuart, Va.
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