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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 18:49:12 PDT
- From: aimla!ruby!rudholm@uunet.UU.NET (Mark Rudholm)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: GTE Thinks I live in 213
- Message-ID: <telecom12.642.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 642, Message 5 of 10
- Lines: 25
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- In Telecom Digest V12, I636, message 8 of 9, gast@CS.UCLA.EDU (David
- Gast) writes in reference to a GTE card promotional:
-
- > While the information is full of what might be called misinformation,
- > the best part is that the marketing blurb says only GTE can offer me a
- > calling card with my home telephone number, but the printed
- > information has my phone number in the 213 area code. Astute readers
- > of this forum have no doubt noticed that the 213 area code split nine
- > months ago and my new area code is 310. I can think of an
- > explanation, but it still looks funny seeing my phone number with the
- > 213 area code.
-
- God help us!
-
- This is evidence of GTE California's complete stupidity in light of
- the fact that since the 213/310 NPA split, GTE has NO subscribers in
- 213, None, zero, zip, 0. 213 has been for some time now the exclusive
- domain of Pacific Bell!
-
- Can't somebody put GTE out of our misery??!!!
-
-
- Mark D. Rudholm rudholm@aimla.com Philips Interactive Media
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