Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!dee From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.flame Subject: Re: Dial 1-800-311-1111 Message-ID: <5324@cca.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Aug-83 06:26:16 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.5324 Posted: Wed Aug 3 06:26:16 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 10:49:13 EDT References: houxf.393 Lines: 7 I never had any objection to 1-Nxx-xxx-xxxx, it is the real number as far as the world wide dialing scheme goes. What really bugs me is systems like Boston which require 1 before some seven digit numbers and prohibit it before others. Almost all my calls are business calls and if I go to the effort of making a phone call I could care less whether it is "long distance" or not (at least if it is within North America).