dwtamkin%chinet.chi.il.us@laidbak.uucp (David W. Tamkin) (08/02/89)
As of Wednesday (I didn't try on Tuesday) I found I could dial from my local Centel service in Chicago to suburban locations with 1-708 or without. (The official split date is November 11, 1989.) Just 708 alone does not work; perhaps 815 alone doesn't work any more either. [Previously I had noticed that I could dial the parts of area code 815 that are within the Chicago LATA without the leading 1.] Calls within Chicago require seven digits; putting 312, 1-312, 708, and 1-708 in front all fail. This might have gone into effect Tuesday, August 1; I'm not sure. -- David W. Tamkin Post Office Box 813 Rosemont, Illinois 60018-0813 dwtamkin@chinet.chi.il.us BIX: dattier CIS: 73720,1570 GEnie: D.W.TAMKIN [Moderator's Note: However, it does NOT yet work in Chicago-Rogers Park. After first seeing your message in the queue, you know I tried it immediatly from home. At this point here, 708 or 1-708 go immediatly to intercept. PT]
dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) (08/08/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0272m05@vector.dallas.tx.us>, dwtamkin%chinet.chi.il. us (David W. Tamkin) writes: > As of Wednesday (I didn't try on Tuesday) I found I could dial from my local > Centel service in Chicago to suburban locations with 1-708 or without... > [Moderator's Note: However, it does NOT yet work in Chicago-Rogers Park. > After first seeing your message in the queue, you know I tried it immediatly > from home. At this point here, 708 or 1-708 go immediatly to intercept. PT] Had to try it from NJ, too. 1+708+anything goes to immediate intercept as of Mon Aug 7 18:40:45 EDT 1989. Tried this using both AT&T and MCI. -- Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave