HUFF@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Steve Huff, U. of Kansas, Lawrence) (02/09/90)
Can somebody tell me if there is a TECHNICAL reason that, generally speaking, you can't dial an 800 number in your own area code? Is this due to tariffs, or is there another reason? E-mail please; I'll post if there's enough interest. Steve Huff Internet: HUFF@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Bitnet: HUFF@ukanvax.BITNET EmCon: K1TR or KW02 (If you have access, please say so!) [Moderator's Note: More and more often now, you can dial an 800 number in your own area code, and even your own community. I frequently use my 800 number from within Chicago to call home rather than feed some coins into a COCOT, or risk a huge charge if I accidentally use an AOS with my Illinois Bell card. Maybe other readers have some additional background on this. PT]
tronix@polari.UUCP (David Daniel) (02/09/90)
As I understand it, the only thing that would prevent using an 800
number locally is if it is excluded from band 1.
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[Moderator's Note: If your theory is correct, I think it should read
'excluded from Band 8'. Band 8 is intra-state, thus your own area.
Band 1 is the states which touch yours on all sides. PT]