Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: esegue!johnl@uunet.uu.net (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Taconic Tel Message-ID:Date: 18 Aug 89 22:35:11 GMT Reply-To: John Levine Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 308, message 5 of 11 In article gmw1@cunixd.cc.columbia. edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes: >It turned out that you had to dial 11+NPA+#. I checked it in >the Taconic phone book, and it described it as "1 + DDD Code + Area Code + #" >I always thought that the initial "1" was the DDD code in itself. Why on >earth would the exchange want TWO of them? The second "1" is what in some parts is called a circle digit. Different parties on the same part line have different circle digits to identify who is making the call. I guess it's too hard to tell the exchange that party lines dial differently from private lines, so all private lines have a circle digit of 1. AT&T never seemed to take to circle digits, they always had an operator cut in and ask for the number you were calling from. -- John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869 {ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl, johnl@ima.isc.com, Levine@YALE.something Massachusetts has 64 licensed drivers who are over 100 years old. -The Globe