A Halla from Halla

I'm getting incoming calls, and can make outgoing calls as well. One thing which takes a minute to get your head wrapped around is that you have to dial a completely qualified phone number with area code as well - even if it's a local call. This makes perfect sense - the VoIP service doesn't know where I'm located - but seems a bit counterintuitive, if only for the reason that I've spent the better portion of my life omitting the area code for local calls.