Posted by Tim Streater on 04/13/06 19:07

In article <DYGdncLwGPLF-6PZRVn-rw@comcast.com>,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Richard Levasseur wrote:
> > Are you sure about that? Is 1 not the US/CA country code? I can dail
> > full 10 digit numbers (1xxxyyyzzzz) without any problem in the US
> >
>
> Richard,
>
> That's 11 digits :-)
>
> And it's general practice in the U.S. to leave the '1' off the phone number.

I take it you mean, when saying that, the number as written down. I'm
not sure I agree. When I lived there I kept seeing and hearing ads that
said as it might be "Call one-eight-hundred .... now for your ...".

-- tim

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