From Ald. Gene Schulter's weekly email newsletter:Effective Saturday, November 7, 2009, all local calls will have to follow new dialing procedures; this means that all local calls in the (312 or 773) would be required to dial 1+ the area code+ telephone number. If this new procedure is not used, your call will not be completed and a recording will instruct you to hang up and dial again.
This change was brought about by the addition of a new are code of 872 to the same area served by both (312 & 773) due to the increasing demand for telephone numbers. Since more than one area code will now serve the same geographic region, 1+ the area code will then have to be used. This could also mean that beginning November 7, 2009, new telephone lines or services may be assigned numbers with the new 872 area code.
Oh, calm down now Irish Pirate. You're now caught up with advanced cities like Philadelphia.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness, the 46th ward alderman's office sent out an email about this, as well.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't nearly as clear or concise as Schulter's, and did require a subsequent corrective email to be sent; but, the effort was made.
Damn Philadelphia to hell for this!
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yo, Schulter's been sending this out for weeks in his regular Friday newsletter, and it's been in the UU queue for a couple weeks. Shiller's last-minute announcement was about three times as long, tardy, and needed a correction. So we stuck with Schulter's. ;-)
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ReplyDelete... just wanted to blunt any possible criticism that UU, or its readers, didn't acknowledge Shiller's attempt.
gee.....I thought my typical number to dial here was '911'
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