{"id":1060,"date":"2009-11-11T16:36:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T20:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uconnstamfordlibrary.wordpress.com\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2009-11-11T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T20:36:29","slug":"starting-nov-14-local-telephone-calls-require-area-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/2009\/11\/11\/starting-nov-14-local-telephone-calls-require-area-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Nov. 14, Conn. Local Telephone Calls Require Area Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning\u00a0November 14th, the new dialing procedure requires that when making a local call in Connecticut you dial the <strong>area code plus the 7 digit local number<\/strong> (for example: 860-455-5555). If you do not use the new dialing procedure your call will not be completed and you will receive a recording instructing you to hang up and dial again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ct.gov\/dpuc\/lib\/dpuc\/ct-new-area-code.jpg\" alt=\"new area code\" width=\"216\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cellphone calls are no exception. Calls outside the local calling area will still need a 1 before the area code, while local calls will require 10-digit dialing, without the 1.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on 10-digit dialing and the new area codes, click on the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.gov\/dpuc\/cwp\/view.asp?a=3359&amp;q=439244\">Get ready to change the way you dial in Connecticut<\/a>&#8221; link.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning\u00a0November 14th, the new dialing procedure requires that when making a local call in Connecticut you dial the area code plus the 7 digit local number (for example: 860-455-5555). If you do not use the new dialing procedure your call &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/2009\/11\/11\/starting-nov-14-local-telephone-calls-require-area-codes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[23],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NL2n-h6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/stamford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}