From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:21:47 +0100, "Carlos   
   E.R."  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   So I called again today, 2 weeks later, without using the 1, and I got   
   Giant Foods, the same as with the 1.    Didn't get the flim-flam guys   
   with alleged free medicalerts.    Did this have something to do with the   
   Northern Lights?  Or the moon and the tides?   Were wires crossed?   
      
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