From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 21 02:39:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA06455 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 02:39:20 -0800 Received: from wiley.muc.ditec.de (wiley.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA06450 ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 02:39:14 -0800 Received: from vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de ([139.92.42.164]) by wiley.muc.ditec.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA02021; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 11:34:07 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA02719; Thu, 16 Nov 1995 23:56:08 +0100 Message-Id: <199511162256.XAA02719@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> X-Authentication-Warning: vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: modem area code trick Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" cc: jhs@freebsd.org, n1epo4tl@ibmmail.com X-mailer: EXMH [version 1.6.4 10/10/95 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 23:56:07 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk This is not FreeBSD specific but those round the world living near but not in large towns & using modems may appreciate it ... A friend (Stuart A. (cc'd)) is in the dial code area for his nearby city, but geographically is in a fairly distant outlying village (so distant, that the other half of the village are not in the city dial code area). He found his modem performed much better if he prepended the long distance trunk code for the city, thus dialing 089.123456 instead of just 123456. We presume he's getting better long distance trunk circuits, rather than cheaper local copper, whatever ... it works for him ! We also assume he's still paying at local call rates. Julian Julian H. Stacey EMAIL: jhs@freebsd.org WEB: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/