Re: flexfax: Dialrules for a local call

["Lee Wilson" <devnull@ad1440.net>]

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From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>


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>On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Lee Wilson wrote:
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>>     Well, due to the nightmare that is our US phone system, we have rather a
>> tough deciding whether a call is long-distance or not via dialrules.  For
>> example, I am the 425 area code.  Most numbers in the 425 area code are
local,
>> but not all.  Most numbers in the 206 area code are local, but many are not.
I
>> have to look at both the area code and number prefix to see if a number is
local
>> or not.
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>To save work, can't you simply always dial it as a long distance call and
>have it work correctly and at the same price?
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    No, I wish it was that easy.  The phone company, in their infinite wisdom,
has decided that when you dial a "1" in front of local calls, you get a friendly
and "helpful" message telling you that you don't need to dial a 1 instead of
putting the call through.