"John R. Covert 05-Jan-1990 1526" <covert@covert.enet.dec.com> (01/05/90)
OK, here's the official word on what's happening with 908, from the responsible people in the Bellcore and NJ Bell network planning departments: The "network event" beginning permissive dialling was 1 Jan 90. It should be working from everywhere, however, due to the next item, reporting a trouble may not always be effective. For now, it's really a "network event" for people in the telecom industry only. The general public should _continue_to_use_201_ for now. For this reason, I was unable to get _any_ information from normal business office sources. In July 90, NJ Bell will start talking about it in new telephone books. On 6 Jan 91, customers will be told that their numbers are 908 numbers (and I infer that new 908-only prefixes may begin to open). On 8 June 91, the permissive dialling period ends, and 908 must be used for any of the codes transferred in the split. /john