-=> On 07-02-18 13:50, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 TL> Actually, you can dial a local number with the area code.  In fact, on
 TL> my VoIP service, one _has_ to.

 ml> our service has changed here in the last years, too... we're also
 ml> required to dial the areacodes, now...

That seems to be a trend.

 TL> On a standard POTS line from here, I could dial 03 5432 1234 or 5432
 TL> 1234 and get the same result.

 ml> yeah, we didn't have that capability on wired lines... only on
 ml> cellphones and the cell service was smart enough to keep the areacode
 ml> or drop it if it wasn't needed... now that cellphones have pretty much
 ml> taken over, all numbers have to use the areacode because the exchanges
 ml> are now duplicated across areacodes...

I always use the area codes, because I never know where I am, though you can
still dial local numbers without them on mobiles.  Just have to be sure of what
area code you're in! :)  But fixed line exchanges here were smart enough to
work out a local number, even when the area code was included.

 TL> But on the VoIP service I have now, only the first example will work.

 ml> yep, same a cellphones...

 TL> FYI, my area code is 03, and numbers starting with 03-54 are local to
 TL> this area (at least within 100km).

 ml> this is one of those things, kinda like above and other discussions,
 ml> where knowing the local phone operation is manditory... especially for
 ml> creating something like a dial translation table... someone in the US
 ml> or Nederlands likely won't have that information...

Sometimes you can't beat local knowledge. :)


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