From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-11 18:20, 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.   
      
   Decades ago, I worked solving these kind of problems. But VoIP was not   
   yet in the picture. Had you asked this question back then, I would have   
   said that you have to report this problem to your provider customer   
   support to have it investigated. Some bad routing table somewhere; they   
   were complex and many exchanges could be involved. But the starting   
   point was known.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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