[VoIP] Numbering - existing use of 311

[Doug Alderdice]

At 6/1/2007 12:21 PM -0400, John Novack wrote:
>That makes little sense. 10 digit local calls, 11 digit toll calls is
>really the best solution. It helps the user determine toll vs local and
>simplifys switch translations.
>Right now anyone traveling and not in the know can easily become frustrated.
>Add to that the cell phone dialing requirements

I experienced that first-hand this week.  My uncle and his 13-yr-old 
grandson were visiting from Texas this week.  I was showing the 13-yr-old 
my step switch (which he thought was really cool, and he could actually 
operate a rotary dial phone w/o instruction!) and after learning he could 
dial out to the PSTN from it, immediately tried to phone his folks back 
home through it.  Except that being from the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex and 
their all-over 10D dialing, he was trying to phone home w/o the leading 1+ 
and he couldn't figure out why he couldn't get through.  Once I told him 
that he had to add the 1+ the call, of course, went through.

Doug.