New N.Y. Law Targets Hidden Net LD Tolls

Thu Aug 18 15:00:26 UTC 2005

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Brian Johnson wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance, but don't most phone companies require 10 digit dialing
> for long-distance.

So I signed up for a trial of a spiffy service from RingCentral, who 
insist that they have numbers local to Victorville/Apple Valley, 
California, USA.

They assigned me 760-301-<mumble>.

301 is Ridgecrest, an hour north of Victorville on US 395, and a toll 
call. 

But Verizon still allows 7D dialing for toll calls in this part of the 
country.

(RingCentral later told me "we just allow you to pick a city to determine 
which area code your number will be in" - no, morons, you advertise local 
numbers in Victorville, and you should just allow people to pick an area 
code without listing cities in that area code.)

And there are plenty of spots around the US where 10D dialing is required 
even for local, non-toll calls.

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