Any states requiring 1+ dialing for toll calls?

[Ralph W. Hyre Jr.]

I was wondering if any state PUC's required the LOC's to provide
a service which required a "1" before dialing a call which the caller
would be charged for. (For example, requiring 1-976-nnnn for those
'dial-a-horoscope' calls). Bell of PA does not even provide this
crude form of 'notification' to calls outside the Metropolitan area,
which is not what I have experienced in Cincinnati or Boston.

I have 'unlimited' local service, but I am charged for calls that
are within the Metropolitan area but outside of the subset of 'local'
exchanges in the Metropolitan area. Unfortunately, I am not required
to dial a 1 before making calls outside of this limited list of exchanges.
I usually find out that I've made some of these type of calls when I
get my bill. I call the LOC, and they tell me that what I 'really'
want is 'Unlimited Metropolitan Area Service', which is ~$44/month,
compared with ~13/month for 'Unlimited local service', and ~4/month
for straight measured rate service.

The really maddening thing is that even if I pay $44/month, there
are still a good percentage (say 10%) of toll calls which I can make
which don't require a '1' before dialing.

(setq flame-mode 1)
It looks like I'm going to have to use a computer to keep track of
all of toll exchanges - this is unreasonable. The phone company
has a computer, why don't they use it!
(setq flame-mode 0)

- Ralph
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[Carl Moore, VLD/VMB]

(I tried to reply to Ralph Hyre but could not get address acceptable
to electronic mail system.)
I see "cmu" in your system header, and assume that you are in Pittsburgh
or vicinity. So there are some points there which still don't require
1+ on toll calls? (I recall noticing lack of 1+ on pay phone when I
stopped at bus station in downtown Pittsburgh 2 years ago.)