Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site grkermit.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!grkermit!larry From: larry@grkermit.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Please Leave Only Your Phone Number Please Message-ID: <515@grkermit.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 09:22:01 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermit.515 Posted: Mon Jul 25 09:22:01 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 25-Jul-83 16:18:55 EDT References: <319@houxt.UUCP> Organization: GenRad Inc., Concord, MA Lines: 17 In New Jersey, (and I assume in all places where dialing 1 is unneccesary), dialing 1 is ignored. A logical reason for all those 800 number ads to give their numbers with a 1 prefix is that they want to insure that people who want to call them up get through. It seems reasonable to assume that many people who call 800 numbers rarely make REAL long distance calls, and thus are not aware of the 1 prefix. Since some marginal group of people would probably not bother trying again after failing to complete the call the first time, it is certainly worth the minute effort of adding the 1 prefix from the advertisers point of view. -- Larry Kolodney #13 (I try harder) (USENET) decvax!genrad!grkermit!larry allegra!linus!genrad!grkermit!larry (ARPA) rms.g.lkk@mit-ai