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Re: [ECS] Caller-ID and area code removal Mark Gilmore Tue, 09 Jun 1998 08:51:19 -0700

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To kill area-code filtering, just set your area code to
blank in the CALLER-ID-C Item.

Steven Wegman wrote:
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> At 07:34 PM 6/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Under the assumtion that everyone will approve, I just changed
> >the logic such that the area-code will be suppressed from
> >the caller-id-number item if it matches that of the local area.
> >I am about to upload this fix (ECSW only for now).
> >IF ANYONE OBJECTS TO THIS CHANGE, SPEAK NOW.
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>         Can this "feature" be made user selectable?  Some areas, such as Maryland,
> require the use of the area code when making a call.  For example, if your
> area code is 301, you must enter 301-xxx-xxxx  even to call your neighbor
> next door.  My understanding is that this will eventually be required
> everywhere.
> 
> Furthermore, in Maryland, the phone company asserts that they are running
> out of 301 numbers, and thus created additional area codes (which, I
> believe, have not yet been assigned to people).  Thus, in the not too
> distant future, you may have area code 301 for your phone number, and the
> neighbor that just moved in next door will have the new area code.
> 
> steve

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