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wireless phones will receive some enhanced capabilities, but will not receive priority <br />treatment in the wireless network's critical call set up process. GETS and WPS calls <br />terminating in wireless networks that provide "TS will receive priority treatment <br />through the terminating network, regardless of whether the destination device is <br />WPS- enabled. <br />GETS Priority Features <br />A GETS call receives special handling within the local and long distance networks <br />through priority treatment and enhanced routing, as discussed in the following sections. <br />Unique GETS Area Code <br />The North American Numbering Plan Administration assigned the unique 710 <br />Numbering Plan Area (NPA) code for use with GETS. This non - geographic area code is <br />valid in most local, long distance, wireless carriers, foreign carriers, as well as non- <br />traditional carriers such as cable companies and internet telecom service providers, <br />including Skype and Vonage. Entering the 710 area code alerts carriers to apply GETS <br />priority features within their networks. <br />To ensure proper access to GETS, the telecom managers for hotels, office buildings, and <br />other private branch exchanges must ensure that their networks allow 710 area code calls <br />to be routed to the GETS long distance carriers. Similarly, pay phones, which are <br />increasingly routed to a presubscribed carrier, must be programmed to route 710 calls to <br />one of the GETS long distance carriers. For help with 710 area code access, contact User <br />Assistance at 800 - 818 -4387 or 703 - 818 -4387. <br />Access Control through PINs <br />GETS was designed to ensure that only authorized users access the service through the <br />distribution, use, and control of PINs. Each GETS user is provided a GETS card with a <br />unique 12 -digit PIN that must be used to access the service. After a GETS access number <br />has been dialed, the user will be prompted to enter the PIN. <br />If the PIN is valid, the call will be processed. If the PIN is not valid (for example, it was <br />entered incorrectly), the caller will be prompted to reenter it. After three unsuccessful <br />attempts, the call will be discontinued. <br />3 <br />