Re: Change of Existing Sprint number to a local number in new town-- Help!

Paul Miner wrote:
> Seven-digit dialing always works for local numbers, with "local"
> meaning local to where you happen to physically be at the moment. In
> your example above, I'm guessing you were trying to dial a number in
> the 972 area while you were in the 940 area, so clearly it wasn't
> local. Am I misunderstanding what you were trying to do?

sorry about that, let me rephrase it.

I had Sprint phone with a 972- number. I worked in the 940- area code.

If I was in Decatur which has the numbering plan 940-627-xxxx and dialed
627-xxxx, the call would not go through. If I dialed 940-627-xxxx the
call would go through.

This might be a unique issue to my situation.

Paul Miner wrote:
> On Tue, 30 May 2006 17:35:51 GMT, DecaturTxCowboy
> <forgetit@bummer.com> wrote:
>
>> Paul Miner wrote:
>>> Seven-digit dialing always works for local numbers, with "local"
>>> meaning local to where you happen to physically be at the moment. In
>>> your example above, I'm guessing you were trying to dial a number in
>>> the 972 area while you were in the 940 area, so clearly it wasn't
>>> local. Am I misunderstanding what you were trying to do?
>>
>> sorry about that, let me rephrase it.
>>
>> I had Sprint phone with a 972- number. I worked in the 940- area
>> code.
>>
>> If I was in Decatur which has the numbering plan 940-627-xxxx and
>> dialed 627-xxxx, the call would not go through. If I dialed
>> 940-627-xxxx the call would go through.
>>
>> This might be a unique issue to my situation.
>
> Ok, thanks for the clarification. That hasn't been my experience, but
> I guess it reinforces the advice I got years ago, which says when in
> doubt, use 10 digits. On a related note, phonebook entries should
> always be 10 digits.

FWIW, we have intra/inter-lata exchanges within my area-code that are
not local numbers to me: must use LD, and use 10-digit dialing, when
using a landline.

However, my Sprint phones have always worked with 7-digit dialing, as
long as there wasn't an impending AC split (with overlap). I've always
assumed Sprint merely added the area-code at the switch-level. Never
really tried 7-digit dialing anyplace else.

Oh yea, some phones have the ability to pre-pend a given area-code to
7-digit calls. If this feature is used, 7-digit phonebook entries will
still work when traveling (not that I recommend 7-digit phonebook
entries). If someone had their phone setup that way, and tried to use
7-digit dialing while traveling, the phone would pre-pend whatever
area-code was set for 7-digit dialing to that called number. I'd imagine
that might confuse someone if they tried to make a local call (in a
travel-to area) using 7-digits.


--
Mike

Tinman wrote:
> FWIW, we have intra/inter-lata exchanges within my area-code that are
> not local numbers to me: must use LD, and use 10-digit dialing, when
> using a landline.

I live in Texas. An old Indian phrase for
"really screwed up North American Number Plan implementation"

I'm just saying...

DecaturTxCowboy wrote:
> Paul Miner wrote:
>> Seven-digit dialing always works for local numbers, with "local"
>> meaning local to where you happen to physically be at the moment. In
>> your example above, I'm guessing you were trying to dial a number in
>> the 972 area while you were in the 940 area, so clearly it wasn't
>> local. Am I misunderstanding what you were trying to do?
>
> sorry about that, let me rephrase it.
>
> I had Sprint phone with a 972- number. I worked in the 940- area code.
>
> If I was in Decatur which has the numbering plan 940-627-xxxx and dialed
> 627-xxxx, the call would not go through. If I dialed 940-627-xxxx the
> call would go through.
>
> This might be a unique issue to my situation.

No.

Paul Miner is actually incorrect. Sorta.

There are a number of places nationwide where ten digit dialing is mandatory.
For example, Akron, Ohio. Was 330 only, then that part of Ohio got an overlay
- area code 234. Since you can have 330 and 234 numbers in the same part of
Ohio, ten digit dialing is now mandatory.

In many places, seven-digit dialing is still possible. In the area where I
live, I can even dial long-distance numbers with seven digits as long as
they're in my area code - although that's an anomaly.

Is 940 an overlay over 972?


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Paul Miner wrote:
> Seven-digit dialing always works for local numbers, with "local"
> meaning local to where you happen to physically be at the moment.

Unless where you have multiple area codes overlayed. Which there isn't
in my county. Now east of me in Denton, the 817 is layed over the 940
and you HAVE to dial all 10 digits.