From: cl@isbd.net
micky wrote:
> OT Yes, this is OT, so anyone who is bothered by this can curse me and
> stop reading. But this is the closest ng I know of for this question,
> and I also googled and it didn't understand my search terms:
>
> Have you noticed that when using VOIP, like from a wired phone that uses
> optical cable for its supply, like Verizon, you don't need to dial one
> to make a long distance call. YOu only need the area code and phone
> number!! After using a cell phone for a long time, I had lost the habit
> of including the 1 and it didnt' seem to make a difference!
>
> But there is a corrolary, that in some cases you don't get the same
> number! I've noticed that twice but did not record the first instance.
>
> Yesterday I called 1- 888-469-4426 Giant, customer care, but I didn't
> include the 1, just dialed 888-469-4426 and I got someone who made
> references to Medicare and said they had a medic-alert necklace for free
> for people over 50. When I pressed 2 for people under 50, I got the
> same offer. When I called without the 1 from my cell phone, I got
> Giant foods like I expected, not the flim-flam man.
>
> Is someone intercepting calls made without the 1. Does it think 8 or 88
> is the country code?
>
> Does this only apply to 800 numbers? I don't know why that would be.
>
> HOw many of you still have home phones you can test this one.
I'm in the UK but I wonder if the VOIP phone(s) you're using have a
dial plan which sees you have dialled a 10 digit number and prepends
the 1. Dial plans can be very clever and may also look at the pattern
of digits you have dialled and do all sorts of clever things.
E.g. I can set up a dial plan that sees I have dialled just three
digits (not starting with 0 o 1) and will form the whole number
required for local calls within our little village by adding are acode
and the first three digits of the number to the three I have entered.
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Chris Green
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