Stupid 10 digit dialing is messing up my phone

[OutHouse]

QWest put 10 digit dialing in place for the Denver Metro area a few years ago. So now for every local numuber we have to dial the area code of 303 then the number. I got a new Panasonic cordless phone/answering machine around the same time as they put the dialing rules into place. Since I have to dial a 3 for every fricken call, i have noticed that its getting harder and harder to get my phone to dial a 3.

useless rant but i feel better.

 

[dabuddha]

So just buy a new phone.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
So just buy a new phone.

it cost around 100 bucks and is only 4 years old!!!

 

[randomlinh]

welcome to the 90's (have had 10 digit dialing for who knows how long). phones today have no quality control.. the 1 on two of our sony's are barely functional

 

[Shawn]

that must suck. no area code crap here.

 

[Yossarian]

so just buy a new 3

 

[Mayfriday0529]

I just had to do the 10 digit dialing with the Voip service i got, it sucks.

 

[Jzero]

LOL. You must be jabbing the sh*t out of that button!

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Phones these days are a POS. I have a Panasonic Cordless from 1995 and it's still in almost perfect working condition. We have even dropped it from 4 ft up (anchored on the kitchen wall) and it broke the antenna off and it still works perfectly on the ORIGINAL battery.

 

[ElFenix]

houston has the dumbest 10 digit dialing scheme in the country

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Jzero
LOL. You must be jabbing the sh*t out of that button!

i have to now. :|

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
houston has the dumbest 10 digit dialing scheme in the country

how so?

 

[Bateluer]

Phoenix has 10 digit dialing too, but its needed here. There's 3 area codes in the Phoenix area. 602, 623, and 480. It didn't take me long to adapt to dialing the area code for every call because I'd just spent a year living in another state where I had to dial the area code to call home.

 

[dighn]

fix it

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
houston has the dumbest 10 digit dialing scheme in the country

care to elaborate?

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
that must suck. no area code crap here.

Any locale that still doesn' t have 10 digit dialing at this point probably doesn't have indoor plumbing either.

I'll take the shortened dialpad life in exchange for flushing, thanks.

 

[KC5AV]

Put a modem in your computer and use it as a phone dialer.

 

[Jzero]

You can buy little gizmos that "yell" out the touchtones....

 

[DnetMHZ]

I'm just surprised you got a panasonic phone to last 4 years. I killed mine in less than a year, and I only made a few calls a month.

 

[pyonir]

4 years old? dude...that's ancient for a phone nowdays. I'm surprised it didn't break before this...

 

[EyeMWing]

My computers dial all the outgoing calls.

My phones themselves are old turn-of-the-tone-dial units, by the way. We have a 1995 cordless, too, but it's battery life is getting sux.

 

[gopunk]

hmm, i wonder if they even took that into consideration when making the change

 

[vood0g]

Originally posted by: lnguyen

Originally posted by: ElFenix
houston has the dumbest 10 digit dialing scheme in the country

care to elaborate?

not sure why it's stupid, but i can take a guess:

1) residential areas outside the beltway is 281
2) residential areas inside the beltway is 713
3) couple of years ago they added 832 which i think is only on cellphones, but cellphones are not limited to only 832, and can have either the 281 or 713.

 

[villageidiot111]

Come live in North Dakota, the entire state is on the same area code and it will be years before that changes.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: pyonir
4 years old? dude...that's ancient for a phone nowdays. I'm surprised it didn't break before this...

old?? i have the phone i had in High School back the 80's out in my shop and it still works fine.