Why don prefixes and area codes start with 0 and 1?
Telephone prefixes and area codes in the United States don’t start with 0 or 1 because those are already used for other purposes. In the USA, if a dialed number starts with a “1” it tells the system that you are making a domestic long distance call. And a number that starts with “0” tells the system to route the call through a module that allows the caller to specify collect or third number billing. So in either case, using a 1 or a 0 as the initial digit of an area code or prefix would cause a lot of confusion for our automatic switching system… and our billing! extraem7, that’s an example of why area codes and prefixes don’t start with a 0 or a 1: so that the 011 combination only comes up when intented. Since you created your account and gave me two low ratings on the same day (and they’re the only ratings, answers or questions you’ve posted at answerbag), it’s pretty clear you’ve created the name specifically to rate down my answers. This is something answerbag.com requests that w
