Long Distance Calling Within And Outside Your Service Area And State
Dialing instructions remain the same (as shown below) for long distance calls within and outside your Service Area and State.
Dialing direct costs less
• By dialing your own long distance calls, you will pay the lowest rate.
To place a direct-dialed call:
Within or outside your area code, dial:
1 + the (Area Code) + the telephone number
Credit for poor connections or wrong numbers
When you dial long distance and reach a wrong number, have a poor connection or other problems, hang up and dial "0" (Operator) right away. Explain what happened so the Operator can
arrange for the proper credit. The faster the problem is reported, the easier it will be to give you credit.
If you have trouble dialing directly, call the Operator and explain the difficulty. The call will be placed for you, and you will be charged at the direct-dialed rate.
If your call is not answered, no charge applies.
Area codes identify geographic calling areas.
Lincoln County is part of the Northern Service Area. The Lincoln County, Northern
Service Area includes:
• Part of the 775 Area Code.
• Quinn, Oregon in the 503 Area Code.
• Alpine, Coleville, and Verdi, California in the 916 Area Code.
If the community and number (Prefix) you want to call is not listed in the Lincoln County Service Area section of this guide, that community is outside your Service Area.
"800/877/888 Service" telephone numbers
Long distance calls can be made without charge when calling those businesses and people who have "800/877/888 Service" numbers. They
offer this service to customers calling for specific locations.
To call an "800" number dial:
1 + 800 + the telephone number
You can get the telephone numbers of those businesses and people who have "800/877/888" numbers by dialing:
1 + 800 + 5551212
Operator-Assisted Calls Cost More
Long distance calls requiring an Operator are more expensive. Calls placed from hotels and coin telephones as well as most types of calls listed on the next page are Operator-assisted calls.
To place an operator-assisted call:
Within or outside your area code, dial:
0 + the Area Code + the telephone number
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