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Message-ID: <F0AA8B62-1126-4F74-A9EC-48F1D0241172@mishmash.com> Date: 19 Oct 2021 02:49:51 -0700 From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com> Subject: Re: Speaking of Ten Digit dialing... On Oct 18, 2021, at 11:00 PM, David <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote: > > DC is getting 771 overlaid atop 202. > > This means no more 7-digit dialing. DC is the last place in the > metro region it still remained. You are mistaken. DC started their ten digit dialing in the early nineties. I know that for sure because I was working for SkyTel in downtown Washington, DC when the local phone company implemented it. I came into work the day it began. We were using Lotus Express to access MCI Mail. No one could access their MCI Mail. My boss asked me if I could figure out what was going on. It only took me a few minutes to determine that I had to change the dialup number in our Lotus Express profiles to ten digits instead of seven. I had everyone back on MCI Mail in minutes. Problem solved. MCI Mail and Lotus Express are two names I have not heard in many years. Regards, Fred

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Message-ID: <XnsADC8404F7BD3Bhueydlltampabayrrcom@46.165.242.75> Date: 19 Oct 2021 10:19:27 -0000 From: "David LaRue" <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: Re: Winter Is Coming Bill Horne <malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com> wrote in news:20211017145627.GA801@telecom.csail.mit.edu: > I just got back from seeing a surgeon about the injuries to my > wrist: his "second opinion" boils down to a prediction that I'll > probably need to learn to write with my other hand, and that my left > wrist will wind up locked in a fixed position, even though he said > I'd still be able to type. > > I've got some "Winter Work" to do: I'll need mechanical aids to open > cans and jars and bottles with a single hand, and shoveling snow will > be out of the question, so I'll have to make a list of supplies to lay > in: Kerosene, dry goods, medicines, batteries, books to read, and > traditional winter clothes such as Long Johns and watch caps. I'll > need a few smaller fuel cans to divide my emergency fuel into: > containers small and light enough to pour from with one hand. Plus, of > course, time for practice runs. > > It's quite a list, and if there are gaps in the Digest during the next > few months, it's because I'm doing Winter Work. Bill, What a wonderful story. You seem do be doing well. Whatever you do, enjoy life along the way. I'm glad you're with us. David ***** Moderator's Note ***** A. Because it disrupts the top-to-bottom flow of an online conversation. Q. Why is top-posting bad? Bill Horne Moderator

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Message-ID: <h5KdnarslO1gc_P8nZ2dnUU7-avNnZ2d@giganews.com> Date: 19 Oct 2021 11:14:53 -0500 From: "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn@dork.geeks.org> Subject: Re: Speaking of Ten Digit dialing... "David" <wb8foz@panix.com> writes: >DC is getting 771 overlaid atop 202. >This means no more 7-digit dialing. DC is the last place in the metro >region it still remained. >I recall all the hue and cry about how HARD it would be to remember >and dial all ten whole digits. I think since then cell phones have >already provided most of the training needed. Now I wonder who still >here has 7D? (Besides, of course, John Levine.) Area code 612 (Minneapolis) has 7D dialing. Its been quite a while since I've had a land-line, but as far as I remember the last area code split codes (763/952/651) had 7D dialing too (I live in the 763 area, work in 612, the split was geographic, not overlay). So, overall, the splits in Minnesota worked very well overall IMHO. Back when it happened, everyone I knew could deal with it (even my mom) shortly after the split, it was never a problem in my circle. But yes, between PBX dial plans, VOIP dial plans and cell-phones, I don't think many even see the opportunity to do a 7D dialing now-a-days. -- Doug McIntyre doug@themcintyres.us