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8:49 pm
Me and my girlfriend both have a 7-Eleven phone and our numbers are both (418) 455-xxxx. When I call her, I simply need to dial 455-0000, but when I want to send her a text message, it will not work unless I dial 1-418-455-0000.
Is this normal? It's kinda annoying as I have to store both numbers in the phone book.
8:55 pm
March 31, 2007
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From what I know, there's no harm in storing 1-418-455-0000 -- if it's not a long-distance call, you won't be charged long distance charges...
9:11 pm
That's my understanding as well. I've always stored my phone numbers that way and in more than a decade on Telus, then Bell and now SpeakOut I've never been charged LD when the call was local.
9:12 pm
To be honest, it never crossed my mind to use the 10-digit number for a local call !!!
I guess I'll simply start storing the full number!
10:59 pm
As an additional data point, Rogers and now SpeakOut work fine with all numbers stored as 10 digit numbers without the 1-prefix. I've also never had LD costs charged improperly - the Rogers system is way ahead of Bell (landline), and it just knows how to handle each call!
8:16 am
Rogers and now SpeakOut work fine with all numbers stored as 10 digit numbers without the 1-prefix.
Thanks. Good to know. But since it's benign I'm not going to reprogram my address book any time soon 😉
Besides, the 1-prefix may still be useful when roaming (Rogers only, of course.)
