-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 1/13/2013 9:57 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > I have yet to receive one of these calls so I'm waiting to have fun > with the first one that calls. While I'm on the subject of phones, > has anyone ever had a problem with people calling a number and > getting you when they don't dial the right area code? > > About 3 years ago I had that problem. My number was in the 602 area > code and a pizza joint with the same number was in the 480 area > code. For several months I had a problem with people calling me > wanting pizza. > That sounds to me like these people have their cell phones defaulting to the 602 area code when a 7 digit number is dialed, meaning the phone automatically adds the 602 to make it a 10-digit number. So when they dial 555-1234 instead of calling Joe's Pizza @ 480 it is calling You @ 602. - -- Regards, Nathan England ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NME Computer Services http://www.nmecs.com Nathan England (nathan@nmecs.com) Systems Administration / Web Application Development Information Security Consulting (480) 559.9681 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQ87wtAAoJEGZV2y/ev1Zb/3AH/iGJ/7NKKyK+p/XrqslMY1RO B9wGry6ZUa8AbgCnJaiQZI1aMybgu+svTXvR+V7ngo0POAvGAtpFw3Vj4zJ82VZq 7TisbQ+C/rhOXtx2c+7ICLhc3mJgqnOFtCXTkavoJ9teJfA1UMLNELI6wO7KTKI7 O7+JzOhoOMrvQ0GbOwnK/Yh6AfNR+wHXs3BVrMuHqYN7FqjqZEe/LFev2Ibd2AQ1 0Q9cSqlE98SbRGUUYAGs49a+xR9WQ0o1HQLLqox5pVcWEfEdao0jpNhUcq0CKWR3 k2DOgxjgAhrfsWfpaCKhtkX+qJhQE3WRXhHwpTmhTbAe/RZgodYfxfSTKOtxnaE= =Q95B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----