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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / November 2005Dialing Problem
Both of my phones are with sprint. When I call my wifes LG phone with my Treo 650 I did not dial the area code since we are both in the same area code. The call did not connect. I then dialed using the area code and the call connected. My Treo phone prefrences are set to North America dialing. Why do I have to use the area code when dialing within the same one? > Both of my phones are with sprint. When I call my wifes LG phone with my > Treo 650 I did not dial the area code since we are both in the same area > code. The call did not connect. I then dialed using the area code and the > call connected. My Treo phone prefrences are set to North America dialing. > > Why do I have to use the area code when dialing within the same one? Welcome to modern technology. It's now required to dial 10 digits. Just modify your address book to include the area code on her phone numbers and the others in your area code. Bob It depends on the local phone company where you are. Here in SE WI, Milwaukee, we do not have to dial the area code. Are you having the problem just with your treo or with all wireless phones when calling your wife? What happens when she calls you? What about when you call other, wireless or land line, local numbers? >>Both of my phones are with sprint. When I call my wifes LG phone with my >>Treo 650 I did not dial the area code since we are both in the same area [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bob Sorry Bob! I meant to reply to Norm. > It depends on the local phone company where you are. Here in SE WI, > Milwaukee, we do not have to dial the area code. Are you having the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >> Bob > Sorry Bob! I meant to reply to Norm. NTW Jerome. Your reply was applicable to both our posts. I wasn't aware that some local phone companies still allowed only 7 digit local dialing. Bob Where I live (Southern California in the 310 area code) they are on the verge of changing to mandatory 10-digit dialing. We are getting a new area code here which will be an overlay. First of its kind here AFAIK. I've been using 10-digit dialing anyway because many of my contacts are in other ACs... >> Sorry Bob! I meant to reply to Norm. > > NTW Jerome. Your reply was applicable to both our posts. I wasn't > aware that some local phone companies still allowed only 7 digit > local dialing. I don't think it matters. We have 7-digit dialing here (at least for now). But I still prefer all my local cellphone numbers entered with the area-code (sure helps when you are out of town). Well, at least that's the way I did it before having a Treo. My Treo 650 is configured to add "1" plus my area code to any number dialed either manually, or via Contacts, with 7 digits. So if I enter 555-1111 and hit dial, the phone displays "Dialing 1-555-555-1111). Ditto when dialing a 7 digit number from Contacts. But I mainly use this for quick dialing around town. Interestingly, the option to do this is right underneath the "North American Dialing" checkbox under Dialing Options. I have "When dialing, add this area code to 7 digit numbers: <entered my area code>" checked too. Under that, I have "Always dial +1 in front of the area code" checked as well. Probably don't need this one checked, but it doesn't seem to hurt. Ironically, if all phones had this feature we could enter our local numbers with 7 digits. Then when the inevitable area-code change occurs, you only have to change it in one place. <g>  SignatureMike There are some numbers in my phone book that I know I will never dial when I am out of town. Those I do not need to enter with the area code. >>>Sorry Bob! I meant to reply to Norm. >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > numbers with 7 digits. Then when the inevitable area-code change occurs, > you only have to change it in one place. <g> > There are some numbers in my phone book that I know I will never dial > when I am out of town. Never say never. Like, maybe your local Domino's will at least give you the number of the one in BFE, should you happen to be there and not know where Domino's is; nor its number. > Those I do not need to enter with the area > code. For now. But if or when you are forced to dial 10 digits locally, none of those 7 digit numbers in your phone book will work (unless your phone has the feature I described that is contained in the Treo). But if you enter them with 10 digits, they will work, even when/if 10 digit dialing becomes mandatory. Of course the last place I lived that mandated 10 digit dialing changed the area-code at the same time. SignatureMike All my stored numbers (even those in my area code) are 10 digits . If I dial in my area code I use 7 numbers. Of course you don't have to put the "1" in front of a dialed number. >> Both of my phones are with sprint. When I call my wifes LG phone with my >> Treo 650 I did not dial the area code since we are both in the same area [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > modify your address book to include the area code on her phone numbers and > the others in your area code. 10 digits are mandatory only in 'overlay' areas, where they have more than one area code for the same area. Most areas that are not heavily populated still allow 7-digit dialing. SignatureJohn Richards |
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