hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 5:55:34 PM UTC-4, mrob...@att.net wrote:   
   >> Was it a 7-digit or 10-digit phone number?   
   > It is an 800 number.  Dialed 10 digits.   
      
   Interesting.  Were you close enough to a border that your phone might   
   have been talking to a tower in another state?   
      
   I didn't think this mattered anymore for toll-free numbers, but I recall   
   when companies used to advertise a 1-800 number for all states but the   
   one where they were located, and then either a regular phone number or a   
   different 1-800 number for use within their state only.  I assume this   
   was an attempt to save money, or possibly a consequence of how long   
   distance calls used to work.   
      
   Perhaps NJT thinks it is economical to have a toll-free number that only   
   works from within New Jersey (if such a thing still exists), and your   
   phone happened to be "out of state" for them.   
      
   Matt Roberds   
      
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