Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!killer!vector!nobody From: harvard!ames!fai!stevem@vector.uucp (Steven A. Minneman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Area 708/312/815 Message-ID:Date: 22 Nov 88 10:12:38 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 184, message 2 In telecom-v08i0177m04@vector.UUCP> telecom@bu-cs.BU.EDU (P. Townson) writes: >X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 177, message 4 > >... >I think Chicago is the only city in the United States to have two actual >telephone operating companies within the city limits. Although this article otherwise provided good info, this statement is untrue. I know of at least one such other city. Novato, Ca in Marin county is on the southern border of GTE territory. The northern half of Novato is served by GTE as part of 415 and the southern half of Novato is served by Pacific Bell (also area code 415). Interestingly, the remainder of the GTE territory in this part of the state is 707 area code; however, in order to keep Novato all in the same area code, this part of GTE's service area is 415.