[VoIP] Numbering - existing use of 311

[Greg Blakely]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] 
> On Behalf Of John Novack
> 
> Here in Berkeley county WV, Verizon has 7 digit local 
> INTERstate dialing to MD 301, BUT, if you need to call the 
> overlay 240, you need to dial 11 digits.
> The MD part of the LATA requires 10 digit for ALL  local 
> calls, and 1 plus for toll calls.
>
Yuck!  I'm glad I live here in stodgy old Minnesota!  Here, in the
Minneapolis / St. Paul metro calling area, we have local dialing into 6
NPAs, and all but one of those NPAs also have NXXes that are NOT part of
the metro dialing area.

But the dialing is pretty simple.  Inside your own area code, you can
dial either 7-digits or 10-digits.  Local calls into any of the other
five area codes is just a 10-digit call.  And, to top it off, toll calls
are all 1+NPA+NXXXXXX.

Gee, that doesn't really sound that simple.  But it is, if you're used
to it.

- Greg -

PS.  To head off the inevitable question, the 6 NPAs are 320, 507, 612,
651, 763, and 952.  All but 507 and 320 **used** to be part of 612 when
I moved here 13 years ago.