On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Brian Johnson wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but don't most phone companies require 10 digit dialing for long-distance.
So I signed up for a trial of a spiffy service from RingCentral, who insist that they have numbers local to Victorville/Apple Valley, California, USA. They assigned me 760-301-<mumble>. 301 is Ridgecrest, an hour north of Victorville on US 395, and a toll call. But Verizon still allows 7D dialing for toll calls in this part of the country. (RingCentral later told me "we just allow you to pick a city to determine which area code your number will be in" - no, morons, you advertise local numbers in Victorville, and you should just allow people to pick an area code without listing cities in that area code.) And there are plenty of spots around the US where 10D dialing is required even for local, non-toll calls. -- Steve Sobol, Professional Geek 888-480-4638 PGP: 0xE3AE35ED Company website: http://JustThe.net/ Personal blog, resume, portfolio: http://SteveSobol.com/ E: sjsobol@JustThe.net Snail: 22674 Motnocab Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307