11-29-2010, 10:57 AM
On phone numbers over here, if the area code is an 800, 888, or I think 866, those are national long distance codes for commercial/industrial use. They are toll free long distance numbers where the owner of the number pays for the calls rather than the one calling in. With the advent of cell phones and fax machines, there are literally dozens of area codes for just the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Most businesses that sell product to people away from their local area will have a toll free number. If you see an area code (the first 3 digits of the phone number) that begins with any number other than an 8, you need to find out what city that area code services. For instance 562 is the area code for parts of Southeast Los Angeles County, you would not find a phone number beginning with a 562 area code on a bill board in Sacramento because the bill board would be 400 miles away from where that phone number would be found.