prindle@NADC.ARPA.UUCP (06/01/87)
It seems I've misinterpreted my phone bill insert which talked about 890 service. My AT&T bill is usually at the tail end of my Bell of PA bill, so I assumed this insert was from AT&T, but it was really from Bell of PA. I called them and, though somewhat confused herself, the service rep explained that it was "like 800 service in that you dial 1-890 to use it", but then clarified that the 890 was a prefix, not an area code; i.e. 1-890-1234 would be a toll free number supplied by Bell of PA. That explains why it is not in the format of an area code. Is this prefix (890) universally unused and thus available to the LOCs to use for this service, or is this just a Bell of PA special? Sincerely, Frank Prindle Prindle@NADC.arpa
cmoore@BRL.ARPA (Carl Moore, VLD/VMB) (06/01/87)
So you are actually referring to 215-890? I don't know offhand if that is being "used". But 890 is not universally-UNused (I think there is a 617-890 near Boston).