local area code now required

[Porritt, David]

Terry:

We've been with 10-digit dialing for several years here.  Anyone who
tries to call you and can't get it to ring (and no other calls will work
without the 10-digits either) will eventually figure it out.  If not,
they're not too bright!

dp

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of pianolover 88
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:37 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: local area code now required

I noticed just yesterday that you now have to dial your *own* area code
to 
place a call. I wonder if this will affect business, at least in the
short 
term. I tried calling my cell (business line) from my land-line home
phone, 
without first dialing my area-code (310) and after just inputing the
first 2 
numbers, I got a fast-busy signal. There was no recorderd "reminder"
that I 
had to now dial my area code *first* before dialing the number. So I
tried 
it again without the area code and only if I waited at least ten
seconds, 
did it start ringing, then the reminder recording came on. Hopefully,
this 
won't be to confusing for first-time callers who might not realize that
they 
have to now dial the local area code before the actual number.

Terry Peterson



----Original Message Follows----
From: KeyKat88 at aol.com
Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Fwd: Business health insurance tax exempted.&H.R.525
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:02:11 EDT

In a message dated 7/12/2006 10:04:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
anrebe at sbcglobal.net writes:
I'm working with an agent looking into IRC 105

Greetings,


           What is IRC 105??
            By the way I wrote to my US house rep, Jim Gerlach, He wrote

back
and informed me that H.R.525, introduced by Representitive Sam Johnson
of
Texas, named the Small Business Health Fairness Act was passed on July
26. 
2005,
passed by a vote of 263 to 165. (can you imagine 165 representatives
voting 
NO
for this????)

           In his letter it says: "This legislation creates association
heaklth plans (AHPs) to allow small businesses to join together through 
trade
associations to purchase health insurance for their workers at a lower 
cost". Now I
guess it is in the Sernate.

    Any one know more about this H.R.525?

Ju.lia Gottshall
Reaidng. PA


----Original Message Follows----
From: KeyKat88 at aol.com
Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Business health insurance tax exempted.&H.R.525
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:43:25 EDT
In a message dated 7/12/2006 10:04:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
anrebe at sbcglobal.net writes:
I'm working with an agent looking into IRC 105

Greetings,


           What is IRC 105??

            By the way I wrote to my US house rep, Jim Gerlach, He wrote

back
and informed me that H.R.525, introduced by Representitive Sam Johnson
of
Texas, named the Small Business Health Fairness Act was passed on July
26. 
2005,
passed by a vote of 263 to 165. (can you imagine 165 representatives
voting 
NO
for this????)

           In his letter it says: "This legislation creates association
heaklth plans (AHPs) to allow small businesses to join together through 
trade
associations to purchase health insurance for their workers at a lower 
cost". Now I
guess it is in the Sernate.

    Any one know more about this H.R.525?

Ju.lia Gottshall
Reaidng. PA