bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) (11/15/89)
As careful as the phone companies try to be about warning people about area code splits, I just had a funny experience with the 312/708 split which happened Saturday 11 Novermber (if I'm not mistaken). On the evening of Sunday the 12th, I tried to call my parents using 708 and got a recording "Your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please hang up and dial again." After getting that message a couple of times, I tried 312 and made the connection. I did *not* get a recording saying "The number you have dialed is now in area code 708..." or whatever it is they say. This evening (Tuesday, 14 November) 708 works. I forgot to try 312 and see if they have the "change of AC" recording. (We are served by Southern Bell for local service and AT&T for LD) So... 1) Is this kind of snfau common during splits? 2) Any guesses on where the error occurred? 3) Did anybody else have this experience over the weekend? David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365
tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook) (11/20/89)
David Bernholdt had some questions about the 708/312 split, and a delay in accessing 708. I found that from the 206/881 exchange (Redmond, WA) I was able to access 708 the day BEFORE the split! This really surprised me, as sometimes in the past there was a delay before the local toll tandem switch had been programmed with all of the allowable NNX codes after a split. If David was getting blocking, my guess it was at the local tandem switch which handles toll calls from his CO. For some reason they do this in GTE which serves my office, but I have never encountered this from US West, where I live. Of course, I make hundreds of times as many toll calls from work. But I always thought that call attempts to illegal NNXs were blocked at the end office in the NPA being called. Tad Cook tad@ssc.UUCP