01-31-15 20:32 Mike Luther wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Time Zones Was: Older   
      
    ML> @MSGID: <54CE109B.1255.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ML>  Hi Ed   
      
    Howdy! Mike,   
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    ML> I've done some research on MajicJack reference this.  As best I   
    ML> can tell so far, when you are entering a 'new' number to call   
    ML> into the MajicJack 'unit' it will NOT accept any combination of   
    ML> digits dialed at all until it can somehow 'identify' that what   
    ML> you are dialing matches SOMETHING in it's library of possible   
    ML> numbers.  This is just a reference digit description I'll cite.   
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    ML> For example, if your dialed number starts being understood as   
    ML> 4567889 and you stop there, assuming that a 'valid' number   
    ML> might exist for that tail number in a valid area code, it will   
    ML> announce, 'You must dial the area code to complete this call'.   
    ML> Might have been 713-456-7889 for example, or I guess,perhaps a   
    ML> 214-456-7889 number.  Dunno exactly.  However, since you DO NOT   
    ML> AT ALL dial a 1- number to start a call, it seems that any such   
    ML> number starting with a 1- combo is considered an unacceptable   
    ML> whatever.   
      
    ML> So far, at this point, I have no way to figure out a way to   
    ML> accidentally get just a seven digit number to complete at all   
    ML> in MajicJack that would thus falsely whop a local number for a   
    ML> 'misdialed' LD call from a local area code that improperly hit   
    ML> an an area code number for a 'valid' false call to a local   
    ML> exchange number that was dialed that way without a 'needed' 1-   
    ML> prefix to force it to that LD area code instead of wrongly   
    ML> whopping the local exchage that hits a wrong number, even   
    ML> though you entered all 10 digits for a local number that used   
    ML> wrongly only the first ten digits to whop it.   
      
   All I know of the Cell Phones that I've touched is that the Cellular   
   Telephone Companies just want ten digits dialed, and they supply the   
   1 when they send the dialed number through the Telephone Lines that are   
   connected to their system.   
      
   I suppose MajicJack works the same way other Cell Phone services do.   
   Ten digits is enuf to identify where the call is going to.   
      
   It asking You for a Area Code after it receives 10 numbers that You   
   asked it to call for you, is just its way to make sure that your local   
   call does go to a local area and not one of those 900+ other possible   
   Area Codes.   
      
   Yes, I'm sure not all have been assigned yet, if they were my area   
   wouldn't be getting another Area Code from the Telephone Company.   
      
   If folks keep purchasing more Cell Phones for members in their families   
   it may happen that all of the Area Codes will be used up.   
      
   The Glut may happen sooner than Ma Bell expects.  .... ..   
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