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Most people assume that when they call a local number, they're connecting to a telephone that's within city limits.

Most people probably also realize that when they call an 800 number, their call could be answered by someone hundreds of miles away.

What most people don't expect, though, is that their call to a business that has a local city's name in its title and a corresponding local phone exchange may go to New Jersey.

NHPR's Lisa Peakes reports.