Re: Dialing 311? Hold That Call! |
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Anthony Bellanga (anthonybellanga@notpublic.info) Tue, 16 May 2006 19:42:18 -0600
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Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> posted Kenneth Pogran of Lexington MA's
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/14/dialing_311_hold_that_call/
>> I believe that using 311 as the telephone access code for the
and then Thor Lancelot Simon (tls@panix.com) replies:
> This is nonsense. 311 is used in some of the most competitive
It's NOT nonsense!
Just because 311 apparantly works "fine" in New York City among
I see that Thor snipped out the rest of the original posting by Monty
>> And with today's widespread use of cellphones and Voice over Internet
>> The article mentions that Somerville has instituted 311 service.
>> The wireless industry has been working long, hard, and expensively to
>> The Menino administration is correct in advocating use of a
This all makes *perfect* sense!
While the idea of 3-digit 'N11' codes is "nice", it still isn't always
Payphones and PBXes aren't necessariy going to recognize 311 for the
The use of a toll-free ten-digit number is probably the best thing, or
I've seen commercials for some local area United Way 211 numbers, and |
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