Pardon my ignorance, but don't most phone companies require 10 digit dialing
for long-distance. We have similar situations in the rural area I live in,
but the customers know if they dial more than 7 digits, it WILL be long
distance.
No.
If you are in an overlay area, such as MD, parts of NoVA and
many other states; then 10D is required for ALL local calls
MD does have 11D required for toll; but many states do not,
inc. Virginia.
(This topic is the "vs vs emacs" of the telco world, btw.
I'm strongly in the 11D for toll camp, but others I respect
[Hi Mr. Mayor] feel it's a PITA to dial 10D on every call..)
This may have been inspired by ISP-set POP #'s. In a case I
know of; a WebTV user did the setup via the 800#; and got told
"867-5309" was local and it was automagically loaded into the
WebTV box.
90 days later, the phone bill arrived...