New 10 digit dialing problems
Effective 17 June 2006, residents of the two area codes 613 and 819 in
Eastern Canada will be required to dial the area code before the number in
order to make any kind of local call. This has a major bearing on how alarm
panels work, since they too have to dial a 10 digit receiver number, and I'm
sure most alarm companies are rushing to reprogram their customers panels.
However, I have to wonder what is going to happen to all those many
thousands of older panels which have been acquired ..
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