The "Quad Cities" area which straddles the Mississippi River between
Iowa and Illinois is made up of the following ratecenters/exchnage areas:

Iowa-side (Qwest/US-West/Northwestern-Bell)
-------------------------------------------

- Davenport-Bettendorf IA (including the Iowa localities of Blue Grass,
Buffalo, Maysville, Pleasant Valley, Riverdale)


Illinois-side (at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Illinois-Bell)
------------------------------------------------

- Rock Island IL (including the Illinois localities of Andalusia, Milan,
Oak Grove, Taylor Ridge)

- Moline IL (including the locality of Coal Valley IL)

- East Moline IL (including the Illinois localities of Carbon Cliff,
Colona, Green Rock, Silvis IL, Water Town (Rock Island County)


There is local calling between these four exchange areas/ratecenters.

The Qwest/NW-Bell Davenport IA LATA also includes the at&t/IL-Bell side,
and some other independent telco exchanges/ratecenters in the vicinity,
mostly Frontier/Citizens Telco.

There are two other at&t/IL-Bell ratecenters which are in the Qwest/NW-Bell
Davenport IA LATA, which have local calling with the other IL-side
"Quad Cities" ratecenters (but not Davenport IA), and also may have some
local calling with some of the independent telco ratecenters in Illinois
but also within the Qwest/NW-Bell Davenport IA LATA.

These additional at&t/IL-Bell ratecenters in the Qwest/NW-Bell Davenport IA
LATA are:

- Edgington IL

- Illinois City IL (includes the Illinois localities of Foster and Wrayville)


Does anyone know if WAY back, if the Illinois-side "Bell" ratecenters
(Illinois Bell, now at&t) were ever once actually owned by Northwestern
Bell? (i.e., Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, and even Edgington and
Illinois City) -- and at some point "transferred" from Northwestern Bell
to Illinois Bell ??

Such transfers from one BOC to another BOC (since the 1920s) have taken
place at times...

Northwestern Indiana was served by Illinois Bell, and in the mid-1970s
was transferred to Indiana Bell. Of course, with 1984 divestiture,
both Illinois Bell and Indiana Bell were placed under Ameritech, which
has evolved into SBC's at&t since then. But even today, the Chicago IL
Metro LATA does include some of northwestern Indiana (actually more than
the one-time Illinois Bell areas of northwest Indiana pre-mid-1970s).

There are three ratecenters (East St.Louis IL, Granite IL, Edgemont IL)
which have been Illinois Bell/Ameritech/SBC/at&t since the mid-1970s,
but which were served directly by Southwestern Bell before then. Of
course, since SBC bought out Ameritech in the late 1990s, it doesn't
really have any distinction as much anymore, and it is all at&t now. But
even today, the St.Louis MO/etc. LATA extends halfway into Illinois to
the east of St.Louis MO, but covering much more than the pre-mid-1970s
SWBell East St.Louis IL, Granite IL, Edgemont IL.

And around 1983 or so, the El Paso TX Metro area was transferred from
Mountain Bell to Southwestern Bell. The NM side is still Mountain-Bell/
US-West/Qwest, while the El Paso TX metro side is SW-Bell/SBC/at&t.

Some form of local calling is still in place in these areas... even if
across state lines, telco lines, even LATA lines (as in the case of
El Paso TX and New Mexico).

There were a few other transfers of territory between BOCs at various
times since the 1920s -- much of northeastern NJ was NY Telephone and
transferred to NJ Bell circa 1930. Thare are some kind of legacy NYT/NJB
(now would be intra-VZ) "corridor" dialing across the Hudson River
(these are still TOLL calls, not local, but a BOC-rated short-haul toll
call, though inter-LATA) ... and there have been other miscellaneous
transfers of territory from one BOC to another at times, usually in rural
areas where it was easier to "streamline" each sides' BOCs' serving
territory by doing such "transfers", but in rural areas, it would usually
be just one or two ratecenters involved in such a transfer ...

But I am wondering IF the Illinois-side of the "Quad Cities" area,
presently at&t/SBC/ Ameritech/IL-Bell, had EVER been Northwestern Bell?
And IF so, did any Davenport IA-side c.o.switches actually provide
DiALTONE to the Illinois side?

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

Hi Mark,

Someone posted Cape Girardeau as being EDgewater.

Ned Lambert posted St Marys as being LInden.

McClure was 394 in the TRG 1975.  Ned had this one listed as EXbrook.

Kaskaskia was 366 in TRG 1975.  No info on the exchange name though.

I'm still looking to confirm these.

Bud

--- In local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Cuccia" <markjcuccia@...>
wrote:
>
> Does anyone happen to know the old EXchange NAmes for Cape Girardeau MO
> and St.Mary's MO?
>
>
> The "CLLI" code for at&t/SWBell's 5ESS in Cape Girardeau MO is
> CPGRMOEDDSA. The 7th/8th position alpha characters in the eleven
> character CLLI indicate the "building name" for the central office,
> and in this case is 'ED'. The street address for at&t/SWBell's
> Cape Girardeau MO building is NOT on a street that starts off 'Ed...',
> the street-name (or neighberhood) sometimes being used by telco to
> INTERNALLY name their buildings. But sometimes, the "dialed EXchange
> NAme" is used to name the building internally within telco as well.
>
> Legacy at&t/SWBell Cape Girardeau MO office codes are of the 573-33x
> format (it was 314-33x before area code 573 split from 314 back in
> 1996), and "ED" would correspond with "33x" office codes!
>
> "ED" could be EDison, EDgewater, or EDgewood.
>
> The at&t/SWBell 5ESS central office switch in Cape Girardeau MO also
> provides dialtone across the Mississippi River to McClure IL,
> which is 618-661. McClure IL is "at&t", just like all (most) legacy
> "Bell" areas in Illinois are, but it was NOT Illinois Bell, but rather
> Southwestern Bell. Did the 661 office code ever have some "dial EXchange
> NAme" in the 1950s/60s-era? Maybe MOnroe 1-. MOhawk 1-, MOntrose 1-,
> MOrris 1-, NOrmand(y) 1-, NOrth(field) 1-, or the like?
>
> ---
>
> The The "CLLI" code for at&t/SWBell's 5ESS-Remote in St.Mary's MO is
> STMYMOLIRSP. The 7th/8th position alpha characters in the eleven
> character CLLI indicating the "building name" for the St.Mary's MO
> 5ESS-Remote c.o.switch is 'LI'. The street address for at&t/SWBell's
> St.Mary's MO building is NOT on a street that starts off 'Li...'.
>
> The legacy at&t/SWBell St.Mary's MO (single) office code is 573-543
> (it was 314-543 before area code 573 split from 314 back in 1996),
> and "LI.3" would correspond with the "543" office code!
>
> "LI.3" could be LIberty 3-, LIncoln 3-, or LIndon 3-, or even something
> else that could correspond.
>
> The at&t/SWBell 5E-Rem. central office switch in St.Mary's MO also
> provides dialtone across the Mississippi River to Kaskaskia IL, which is
> 618-366. Just as in the case of McClure IL and Cape Girardeau MO,
> Kaskaskia IL is "at&t", just like all (most) legacy "Bell" areas in
> Illinois are, but it was NOT Illinois Bell, but rather Southwestern Bell.
> Did the 366 office code ever have some "dial EXchange NAme" in the
> 1950s/60s-era? Maybe EMerson 6-, EMpire 6-, ENdicott 6-, FOrest 6-,
> FOxcroft 6-, or the like?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark J. Cuccia
> markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
> Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina
>

Does anyone happen to know the old EXchange NAmes for Cape Girardeau MO
and St.Mary's MO?


The "CLLI" code for at&t/SWBell's 5ESS in Cape Girardeau MO is
CPGRMOEDDSA. The 7th/8th position alpha characters in the eleven
character CLLI indicate the "building name" for the central office,
and in this case is 'ED'. The street address for at&t/SWBell's
Cape Girardeau MO building is NOT on a street that starts off 'Ed...',
the street-name (or neighberhood) sometimes being used by telco to
INTERNALLY name their buildings. But sometimes, the "dialed EXchange
NAme" is used to name the building internally within telco as well.

Legacy at&t/SWBell Cape Girardeau MO office codes are of the 573-33x
format (it was 314-33x before area code 573 split from 314 back in
1996), and "ED" would correspond with "33x" office codes!

"ED" could be EDison, EDgewater, or EDgewood.

The at&t/SWBell 5ESS central office switch in Cape Girardeau MO also
provides dialtone across the Mississippi River to McClure IL,
which is 618-661. McClure IL is "at&t", just like all (most) legacy
"Bell" areas in Illinois are, but it was NOT Illinois Bell, but rather
Southwestern Bell. Did the 661 office code ever have some "dial EXchange
NAme" in the 1950s/60s-era? Maybe MOnroe 1-. MOhawk 1-, MOntrose 1-,
MOrris 1-, NOrmand(y) 1-, NOrth(field) 1-, or the like?

---

The The "CLLI" code for at&t/SWBell's 5ESS-Remote in St.Mary's MO is
STMYMOLIRSP. The 7th/8th position alpha characters in the eleven
character CLLI indicating the "building name" for the St.Mary's MO
5ESS-Remote c.o.switch is 'LI'. The street address for at&t/SWBell's
St.Mary's MO building is NOT on a street that starts off 'Li...'.

The legacy at&t/SWBell St.Mary's MO (single) office code is 573-543
(it was 314-543 before area code 573 split from 314 back in 1996),
and "LI.3" would correspond with the "543" office code!

"LI.3" could be LIberty 3-, LIncoln 3-, or LIndon 3-, or even something
else that could correspond.

The at&t/SWBell 5E-Rem. central office switch in St.Mary's MO also
provides dialtone across the Mississippi River to Kaskaskia IL, which is
618-366. Just as in the case of McClure IL and Cape Girardeau MO,
Kaskaskia IL is "at&t", just like all (most) legacy "Bell" areas in
Illinois are, but it was NOT Illinois Bell, but rather Southwestern Bell.
Did the 366 office code ever have some "dial EXchange NAme" in the
1950s/60s-era? Maybe EMerson 6-, EMpire 6-, ENdicott 6-, FOrest 6-,
FOxcroft 6-, or the like?

Thanks!

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

There was a recent article in the Stark County (Illinois) "e-News Online"
dated Wednesday 04 November 2009, "Phone book issue troubles residents".
and written by Amy Beaver. The direct-link URL:
http://www.countyenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183:phon\
e-book-issue-troubles-residents&catid=8:general-news&Itemid=17

It seems that VeriZon's directory publisher, Idearc, (I don't know if
this is an entity which was spun-off from/spun-out of VeriZon, or a
subsidiary of VeriZon, or a company subcontracted by VeriZon), released
the 2009/10 edition of the Kewanee Area directory, which covers parts
of area code 309 and also part of 815. Kewanee itself is in 309. But the
listings for the ratecenter of La Fayette IL (including the locality of
West Jersey IL) which is ALSO in 309, had the area code associated with
their listings ERRONEOUSLY printed as 618.

618 isn't even "contiguous" with 309 nor 815, but is "contiguous" only
with 217 within central Illinois!

Of course, here comes the run-arounds -- VeriZon wouldn't discuss the
issue of the publisher's error with the newspaper reporter, referring
her to the directory publisher Idearc. And then Idearc softpeddled the
issue -- but when they found out that this was a complaint from a
newspaper reporter, they quickly ended the call, stating that they
(Idearc) would "call the reporter back later", which was a week before
the reporter published her story, and still hadn't heard back from
Idearc.

BTW, the La Fayette/West Jersey IL ratecenter/community is NOT VeriZon
for its landline ILEC< but rather "Mid Century Telephone Co-Op" OCN #1054
(NOT to be confused with CenturyLink/Tel), and is within LATA 977
"McComb/Galesburg IL".
(McComb IL is VeriZon/GTE)
(Galesburg IL is CenturyLink(Tel)/Madison River/Gallatin River Telco)

La Fayette/West Jersey IL does have inter-LATA EAS with:

- Galva IL, VZ/GTE/Contel (OCN #1036) possibly soon to be Frontier,
part of (at&t/SBC/Ameritech/IL-Bell's) LATA 368 "Peoria IL"

- Toulon IL, VZ/GTE (NOT Contel) (OCN #1015) possibly soon to be Frontier,
and is also part of (at&t/IL-Bell's) LATA 368 "Peoria IL"

Both Galva and Toulon IL are in NPA 309.

While La Fayette/West Jersey IL does NOT have EAS with Kewanee IL, both
Galva and Toulon IL do have EAS with Kewanee IL which is also VZ/GTE
(but never Contel), OCN #1015, possibly soon to be Frontier, part of the
Peoria IL LATA and in NPA 309.

Kewanee IL has EAS with numerous other VZ/GTE ratecenters in the Peoria IL
LATA and in NPA 309, although ONE of these ratecenters, Sheffield IL.
(VZ/GTE, Peoria IL LATA) is in NPAs 815/779 (in overlay).

BTW, OCN #1054 "Mid Century Telephone Co-Op" (NOT to be confused with
CenturyLink/Tel) has several other ratecenters/exchanges, a total of 14
ratecenters, in both LATA 977 "McComb/Galesburg IL" and LATA 368 "Peoria IL".
(Seven ratecenters in each LATA). ALL are in the 309 NPA, NONE in NPAs 815/779.

But there is NOTHING in the 618 NPA anywhere NEAR this part of Illinois!
618 is the southern-most area code in Illinois (ultimately to be overlaid
with NPA 730), and is completely separated from 815/779 and 309 by the
217 NPA region in centtral Illinois (which is to ultimately be overlaid
with 447).

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

--- In local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com, Thom Hill <king_quince@...> wrote:
>
> Very interesting...would you consider adding it to the XML query, with the
caveat that it is a best guess?  For my purposes I don't need it to be 100%
accurate
>

The XML prefix query now has a <company-type> element with the following values:

I - ILEC
C - CLEC (including VoIP)
W - wireless

Not all the mirrors are up to date yet, but if you try
http://localcallingguide.com (without the www) you should see it.

Looks like this guy has LAT LON of the switch for a reasonable price

http://www.telcodata.us







________________________________
From: Ray <czg.lists@...>
To: local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, October 13, 2009 6:20:27 AM
Subject: [local-calling-guide] Re: Looking for database that correlates NPA-NXX
pairs with LAT and LON of switc


--- In local-calling- guide@yahoogroup s.com, Thom Hill <king_quince@ ...>
wrote:
>
> Ray, thanks so much for this information. ..this is killer.
>
> I now have another question.... is there any way to tell if the exchange and
or switch is for a cellular vs. a regular network?
>

I have a field in the database that indicates whether the carrier is wireless,
ILEC or CLEC, but since this is something I've derived myself (i.e., not present
in any of the data sources) I haven't made it available via the web or XML
interfaces. It gets tricky when a carrier uses one OCN to provide different
types of service (e.g., some independent telcos that have both ILEC and CLEC
operations use the same OCN for both).

The LERG has this information, but of course that costs big bucks...







[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Back in August 2001, the new 878 area code in southwestern Pennsylvania
"officially" overlaid two NPAs -- 412 for Pittsburgh PA Metro and
724 for southwestern PA outside of Pittsburgh PA Metro. Ten-digit or
1+ten-digit dialing became MANDATORY for local calling in July 2001,
one month prior to that "overlay". A test-number was activated (it did
not supervise), 878-553-8378 (-TEST), but the 878-553 code is no longer
"official" in the LERG/etc. AT&T-LL (CIC 0288) and Sprint (CIC 0333)
have removed 878-553 from their network six-digit translations/routings.
But MCI (101-0222+) still routes to 878-553-TEST, and VZ/BA/Bell-of-PA
still has a (non-suping) announcement on this test-number at Irwin PA
(Pittsburgh PA Zone 23), IRWNPAIRDS0.

However, there have been *NO* 878-NXX "POTS" c.o.codes yet assigned by
NeuStar-NANPA! The 412 and 724 NPAs have had enough NXX c.o.codes
available for assignment all along, and the PA-PUC ordered that *NO*
878-NXX c.o.codes could be assigned until either all possible 724-NXX
codes or 412-NXX codes had been assigned by NeuStar-NANPA. Yet ten-d
(or 1+ten-d) local dialing has been mandatory since Summer 2001.

According to NANPA's (US) NPA-NXX c.o.codes database, the 412 NPA still
has quite a number of c.o.codes still available for assignment in the
Pittsburgh PA Metro area (the "core" region of southwest PA, the "core"
of the post-412/724 NPA split of 1998). But the outer areas in southwest
Pennsylvania, NPA 724 (which split off from 412 in 1998), at least as
of right now, mid-October-2009, there are only SIXTEEN 724-NXX codes
available for assignment, so it's very likely that there WILL BE SOME
first assignments of 878-NXX codes for the outer region of southwest
Pennsylvania (outside of Pittsburgh PA Metro) during 2010.

724-500,800,888,900 are NOT assigned but are presently among the sixteen
724-NXXes available for assignment. There really should NOT be any
conflict with these 724-NXXes, since calls to TEN-digit 500/800/888/900
numbers start-off with those three digit codes, while 724-500, 724-800,
724-888, 724-900 are ALSO ten-digit numbers with those three digit
codes AFTER the 724 NPA!

724-666 is assigned/active.

724-412 and 724-724 are flagged as NOT assignable, but in theory, there
should NOT be any conflict, since (1+)ten-digit dialing is mandatory.
724-878 IS already an assigned c.o.code! 724-814 is assigned, as are
724-NXXes where the NXX is also the digits of adjacent codes of
adjacent states. In addition to the "usual" unassignable c.o.codes,
such as the eight 724-N11s and others which are NOT available for
regular customer "POTS" services such as 724-555, 724-700, 724-950,
724-958, 724-959, 724-976, there are a small handful of a few other
724-NXX codes not available for assignment probably due to internal
VZ/BA/B-Pa or adjacent independent ILEC test/routing functions.

So, sometime early next year (2010), I expect that there will finally
be some newly assigned 878-NXX "POTS" c.o.codes overlaying the 724 NPA
region in southwest Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh PA Metro.

Now, regarding Atlanta GA Metro and NPA 470 ...

In 1995, the 770 NPA split from 404 for the immediate Atlanta GA Metro
area. 770 was assigned to the "outer ring", while the Atlanta "Central"
(core) ratecenter retained 404. (NOTE that there is one 770-NXX code,
the 770-309 code, assigned to Powertel, which become T-Mobile, in the
Atlanta "Central" ratecenter, though). In January 1998, mandatory
ten-digit local dialing took effect for intra-NPA local calling in the
770 and 404 NPAs of Atlanta Metro. And at the same time, the new 678
NPA overlaid both 404 and 770, and at least with this overlay, the
GA-PSC did NOT stipulate that either 404 or 770 had to be (almost)
completely used up in the way of c.o.codes before (LM)NANPA could begin
assigning new 678-NXX codes.

During 2000/01, there was "The Big Atlanta Metro Ratecenter
Consolidation" project. NUMEROUS ratecenters in 770 were consolidated
into Atlanta-Northwest, Atlanta-Northeast, and Atlanta-South. 404 is
restricted to just "Atlanta", which is the OFFICIAL name for what I
call "Atlanta-Central". Even after the ratecenter consolidation, there
are still a number of unique suburban ratecenters in NPA 770 outside of
the Atlanta-NW, Atlanta-NE, Atlanta-So, (and Atlanta (Central))
ratecenters region.

Also in Summer 2001 (September), the new 470 NPA "officially" overlaid
both 404 and 770 in the Atlanta GA Metro area, and it also overlaid 678
since 678 has overlaid both 404 and 770 since January 1998. And ten-
digit local intra-NPA dialing has also been mandatory since Jan.1998
in the Atlanta GA Metro area. A test-number was activated (it did not
supervise), 470-666-7777, but the 470-666 code is no longer "official"
in the LERG/etc. The three major IXC/LD-carriers were still routing to
470-666, and (at&t)BellSouth/Southern-Bell still had an active
non-suping announcement well past the "official" LERG "disconnect" date,
but ultimately, all three major LD-carriers have stopped routing to
470-666.

*IF* at&t/BellSouth/Southern-Bell still has an announcement on
444-666-7777 at Lithonia GA (Atlanta-Northeast), LTHNGAJS48C,
*MAYBE* some smaller IXCs/LD-carrier *MIGHT* still route to it.

However, just like the southwest PA situation of 412/724/878, there
have been *NO* 470-NXX "POTS" c.o.codes yet assigned by NeuStar-NANPA!
The 404 and 678 NPAs have had enough NXX c.o.codes available for
assignment all along, and the GA-PSC ordered that *NO* 470-NXX
c.o.codes could be assigned until either all possible 404-NXX or
770-NXX or 678-NXX codes been assigned by NeuStar-NANPA.

The 770 NPA for the outer "ring" in Atlanta GA Metro has been almost
all used up. I think that there have been times where ALL possible
assignable 770-NXX codes had been assigned, NO more codes available
for assignments. But there have been other times when due to 770-NXX
codes "voluntarily returned" to NANPA by a local service provider
exiting the market, or by NANPA *RECLAIMING* c.o.codes from a defunct
and/or unresponsive one-time service provider in that market determined
by NANPA's auditing procedures.

But the 678 NPA has been available for c.o.codes to be assigned within
both the "core" (404) region as well as the "outer ring" (770) region.

According to NANPA's (US) NPA-NXX c.o.codes database, the 404 NPA still
has quite a number of c.o.codes still available for assignment in the
Atlanta GA "core" region, and the GA-PSC and telco industry has NOT
permitted assignment of these available 404-NXX codes to the outer
ring (770) region.

Right now (Wed-14-Oct-2009), the 770 "outer ring" NPA region has only
EIGHT such 770-NXX codes which can still be assigned. These were most
likely made available after "voluntary returns" by service providers
existing the market, and/or by NANPA reclaiming such codes from
service providers exiting the market who did not voluntarily return
their codes. While these "could" be assigned to the "core" region,
the Atlanta "Central" ratecenter, I don't think that this will happen,
even though there is that one 770-309 T-Mobile code associated with the
Atlanta "Central" ratecenter. Afterall, there are still quite a few
404-NXX codes which can be assigned to Atlanta "Central".

Also right now, the 678 NPA which overlays both 404 and 770 has only
SEVEN such 678-NXX c.o.codes which can still be assigned. These can
be assigned overlaying 770 (which is almost exhausted now), and also
404 which does have a number of 404-NXXes still available.

BTW, some of the seven 678-NXX codes not yet assigned, but still
available for assignment include: 678-666, 678-706, 678-800, 678-912.
But note that these CAN be assigned, and will likely HAVE to be
assigned before NANPA can begin assigning any new 470-NXX codes.

Within NPAs 404, 770, 678, and the future 470 (and I assume 706 and 762)
there ARE some flagged NXX c.o.codes which cannot be assigned due to
"adjacent code conflicts", but since ten-digit local dialing has been
MANDATORY since 1998 (and for 706/762 mandatory since 2006), there
really should NOT be any conflict since all ten-digits MUST be dialed.
And next year, with northern/northeastern Alabama's 256/938 NPA overlay,
ten-digit local dialing will also be mandatory within 256 as well.

Anyhow...

It's very likely that there WILL FINALLY BE SOME first assignments of
470-NXX "POTS" c.o.codes for the Atlanta GA Metro area, definitely for
the "outer ring" area since both 770 and 678 are almost all used up --
probably during early 2010 next year! I don't know if the GA-PSC will
also require that all 404-NXXes be (almost) all used up within
Atlanta "Central" (as well as 678-NXXes be used up in 404 and/or 770)
before any 470-NXXes can be assigned within Atlanta "Central" though.

But it does seem that there will finally be some 878-NXX codes active
in southwest PA and 470-NXX codes active in Atlanta GA Metro, during
the early part of 2010.

A few other "officially effective" overlay NPAs which had a delay of
more than a year before any "POTS" c.o.codes were finally assigned and
activated were in the 248/947 overlay in Michigan (Detroit suburbs)
where 947 was "officially" active in Fall 2002 but it wasn't until
Spring 2005 when the first "POTS" 947-NXXes took effect; the 601/769
overlay in central/southern (but not coastal) Mississippi where 769 was
"officially" active in Spring 2005 but it wasn't until Summer 2006 when
the first "POTS" 769-NXXes first took effect; and the 706/762 overlay
in northern GA (outside of Atlanta GA Metro) where 762 was "officially"
active in Spring 2006 but it wasn't until Spring 2008 when the first
"POTS" 762-NXXes first took effect. In all of these cases, the "base"
NPA did make ten-digit local dialing mandatory about a month before
the "official" overlay date, even though that was at least a year (or
more) before any POTS c.o.codes from the overlay were assigned and
activated.

And the Dominican Republic (which had their first overlay, 809/829,
in Summer/Fall 2005) recently had their 849 overlay to 809/928 this
past Summer. But there are *STILL NO* (POTS) 849-NXX codes assigned
by Indotel for activation by Codetel (no longer owned by VZ/GTE) and
other local service providers in the Dominican Republic. However,
ten-digit local dialing was made mandatory within the Dominican Republic
in early 2005 in preparation for the first 809/829 overlay later on
during 2005. There still seem to be some 829-NXX codes (and maybe even
a handful of 809-NXX codes as well) but not all that many.

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

On Tue, 10/13/09, markjcuccia at yahoo.com wrote:

> On Tue, 10/13/09, Ray <czg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

>> markjcuccia at yahoo dot com wrote:

>>> [...]

>> NANPA planning letter 398 (http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_398.pdf) gives
>> the rate centres. Ontera will indeed provide a test/bill-number pair.
>>
>> 249-510-8378 (TEST) Sudbury - Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
>> 249-510-2455 (BILL) Sudbury - Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
>> 249-610-8378 (TEST) Barrie - Bell Canada
>> 249-610-2455 (BILL) Barrie - Bell Canada
>> 249-710-8378 (TEST) Timmins - Ontera
>> 249-710-2455 (BILL) Timmins - Ontera
>> 343-810-8378 (TEST) Sudbury - MTS Allstream (sic)
>> 343-810-2455 (BILL) Sudbury - MTS Allstream (sic)
>>
>> That last one should be 249-810...

> Hmmmm.... I hadn't noticed the typo (and it's CNA's not NANPA's),
> regarding the (MTS) Allstream 249-810 test/bill number pair, to be
> based out of Sudbury, when I downloaded and viewed the PL last night
> (Monday night). Someone at CNA must have been copying/pasting from
> the 613/343 Ontario documentation and didn't "fix" it for use in
> 705/249!

As of Wednesday morning, the CNA has corrected this error re the NPA
code shown for Allstream's TEST/BILL number pair, to where it now shows
249 instead of the erroneous 343, see:

http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/relief/705/documents/PL_398_corrected.pdf

At the moment, this corrected version is not yet uploaded at NeuStar
NANPA's website, but I would guess by later today (maybe after 8:30pm
Eastern Time?), the corrected version will be up at NANPA's site,
at the PLs for 2009 webpage,
http://www.nanpa.com/planning_letters/planning_letters_2009.html

The original PL's direct URL at NANPA's website is:
http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_398.pdf

but I do NOT yet know if when the corrected version is uploaded, if
the final part of the URL (i.e. pdf filename) will be slightly changed
to indicate a corrected version.

BTW, NANPA usually akes major uploads to their website, such as new
Planning Letters, new Newsletters, new Annual Reports, new monthly
reports, etc. on weekday evenings at 8:30pm Eastern Time, alhtough
they have been known to make corrections or SOME document uploads
"during the day".

> OCN 8051 Bell Canada's 249-610 out of Barrie will be served from
> their Nortel-DMS-100, BARION18CG0. It is a DMS-100, even though
> the CLLI code ends -CG(x), which is USUALLY for analog, yet still
> electronic ESS offices (WECO's #1-type ESS, #2-type ESS, #3-type ESS;
> GTE-AE's EAX-1, EAX-2, EAX-3, but NOT EAX/GTD-5 which is digital;
> Nortel's SP-1s; etc). Canada has NUMEROUS CLLIs ending -CG(x) which
> are for DMS-100 switches, even though the "preferred" or "standard"
> ending for digital (host, and not remote) local switches is -DS(x).
>
> (MTS) Allstream CLEC (OCN 8304) has a Sudbury presence, SDBRONXP2MD,
> a "point-of-interface" or "point-of-presence" CLLI, which means that
> there is a physical presence for Allstream to serve Sudbury, even if
> only a wiring interface, while the actual dialtone-providing
> c.o.switch is located elsewhere -- in this case, Allstream's
> EBCKONBTDS1 Nortel-DMS-500 located in Toronto's Etobicoke
> neighborhood.

And the NPA code for their test/bill numbers has been fixed, at least
at the current CNA website copy of this Planning Letter.

> Rogers is indicated as Rogers *CABLE* (CLEC), and out of Sudbury ON.
> However, NEITHER Rogers Cable-TV CLEC (OCN 743B), nor Rogers-CallNet
> CLEC (OCN 8377), the latter was previously Sprint-Canada CallNet CLEC
> which Rogers inherited about five years ago, has any presence in the
> Sudbury ON exchange area! There is NO c.o.switch nor POP/POI CLLI for
> Rogers in Sudbury, nor any Rogers "default" 705-NXX code!!!
> (neither 8377 Rogers-CallNet CLEC, nor 743B Rogers Cable-TV CLEC)
>
> I wonder if Rogers will really be out of some OTHER ratecenter/
> exchange area for their 249-510-TEST/BILL number? OR maybe
> Rogers/AT&T Wireless will provide the 249-510-TEST/BILL number?
> Rogers Wireless *DOES* have presence in the Sudbury ON ratecenter,
> and also their *OWN* OCN code (separate from 743B or 8377). OR MAYBE
> Rogers CLEC (either Cable-TV or CallNet) *INTENDS* on having a
> POP/POI CLLI (presence) in Sudbury by the time the test-number is to
> be activated???

I still don't know yet what the Rogers/Sudbury situation will really be?

Will it be the Rogers WIRELESS switch in Sudbury providing theor
249 NPA test/bill numbers??

Will a DIFFERENT ratecenter/exchange than Sudbury be used by
Rogers-Cable or Rogers-CallNet for their 249 test/bill numbers??

Will Rogers-CallNet actually HAVE a POP/POI of some kind in Sudbry
(even though the actual SWITCH might be located elsewhere) for their
test/bill numbers by the time the test/bill numbers are "officially
active" (Fall 2010)??

> Ontera (Ontario Northland Telecomm), OCN 8229, is the legacy DDD/Toll
> provider in eastern-central and northeastern Ontario, with a Nortel
> DMS-200 tandem/toll including DMS-TOPS (Operator Services) switch at
> Timmins ON. HOWEVER, Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel, OCN 8228, is the
> legacy dialtone provider for most of this east-central and
> northeastern part of Ontario. Ontera does provide local ILEC dialtone
> service in about six small ratecenters scattered about the region,
> mostly to the north at James Bay, and to the south of the Timmins
> area. In recent years, Ontera is also a CLEC (OCN 660E) in both ILEC
> Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel in Timmins ON, and also ILEC Bell/Aliant's
> North Bay ON. (8229) Ontel's DMS-200 tandem/toll/TOPS in Timmins is
> TMNSONXO03T. (660E) Ontel CLEC's PACKET-based local Timmins switch is
> TMNSONXOPS0. I wonder which Ontel Timmins switch will provide their
> 249-710-TEST/BILL number?

And what this Ontera/Timmins situation (Ontera ILEC for Toll/DDD vs.
Ontera CLEC) will actually be for their 249 NPA test/bill numbers??

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

Very interesting...would you consider adding it to the XML query, with the
caveat that it is a best guess?  For my purposes I don't need it to be 100%
accurate

T




________________________________
From: Ray <czg.lists@...>
To: local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, October 13, 2009 6:20:27 AM
Subject: [local-calling-guide] Re: Looking for database that correlates NPA-NXX
pairs with LAT and LON of switc


--- In local-calling- guide@yahoogroup s.com, Thom Hill <king_quince@ ...>
wrote:
>
> Ray, thanks so much for this information. ..this is killer.
>
> I now have another question.... is there any way to tell if the exchange and
or switch is for a cellular vs. a regular network?
>

I have a field in the database that indicates whether the carrier is wireless,
ILEC or CLEC, but since this is something I've derived myself (i.e., not present
in any of the data sources) I haven't made it available via the web or XML
interfaces. It gets tricky when a carrier uses one OCN to provide different
types of service (e.g., some independent telcos that have both ILEC and CLEC
operations use the same OCN for both).

The LERG has this information, but of course that costs big bucks...







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On Tue, 10/13/09, Ray <czg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> markjcuccia at yahoo dot com wrote:

>> [...]
>> There are to be at least three test/bill numbers, maybe four. The
>> c.o.codes for the test/bill numbers will follow precedent in previous
>> Canadian area code overlay implementation:
>>
>> 249-610-TEST/BILL for 8051 Bell Canada
>> 249-810-TEST/BILL for 8304 MTS-Allstream (CLEC)
>> 249-510-TEST/BILL for Rogers (CLEC)
>>
>> At this time, I do NOT yet know the ratecenters/switch-CLLIs (or
>> POP/POI CLLIs) for these test/bill-numbers. I also don't know if the
>> Rogers test/bill-numbers will be from Rogers Cable CLEC (743B) or
>> from Rogers-CallNet CLEC (8377 which used to be Sprint-Canada's
>> CLEC).
>>
>> It is still not yet known if Ontera/ONTel, the incumbent DDD entity
>> in central northeastern Ontario (where Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel also
>> has a number of local offices) and also Ontera/ONTel has about six
>> local central offices, will provide a test/bill-number pair. Ontera
>> (formerly ONTel for Ontario Northland owned by the province
>> government) does have a DMS-200 tandem/TOPS at Timmins ON, although
>> Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel is the local ILEC for Timmins ON.

> NANPA planning letter 398 (http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_398.pdf) gives
> the rate centres. Ontera will indeed provide a test/bill-number pair.
>
> 249-510-8378 (TEST) Sudbury - Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
> 249-510-2455 (BILL) Sudbury - Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
> 249-610-8378 (TEST) Barrie - Bell Canada
> 249-610-2455 (BILL) Barrie - Bell Canada
> 249-710-8378 (TEST) Timmins - Ontera
> 249-710-2455 (BILL) Timmins - Ontera
> 343-810-8378 (TEST) Sudbury - MTS Allstream (sic)
> 343-810-2455 (BILL) Sudbury - MTS Allstream (sic)
>
> That last one should be 249-810...

Hmmmm.... I hadn't noticed the typo (and it's CNA's not NANPA's),
regarding the (MTS) Allstream 249-810 test/bill number pair, to be
based out of Sudbury, when I downloaded and viewed the PL last night
(Monday night). Someone at CNA must have been copying/pasting from the
613/343 Ontario documentation and didn't "fix" it for use in 705/249!

OCN 8051 Bell Canada's 249-610 out of Barrie will be served from their
Nortel-DMS-100, BARION18CG0. It is a DMS-100, even though the CLLI code
ends -CG(x), which is USUALLY for analog-yet-still-electronic ESS
offices (WECO's #1-type ESS, #2-type ESS, #3-type ESS; GTE-AE's EAX-1,
EAX-2, EAX-3, but NOT EAX/GTD-5 which is digital; Nortel's SP-1s; etc).

Canada has NUMEROUS CLLIs ending -CG(x) which are for DMS-100 switches,
even though the "preferred" or "standard" ending for digital (host,
and not remote) local switches is -DS(x).

(MTS) Allstream CLEC (OCN 8304) has a Sudbury presence, SDBRONXP2MD,
a "point-of-interface" or "point-of-presence" CLLI, which means that
there is a physical presence for Allstream to serve Sudbury, even if
only a wiring interface, while the actual dialtone-providing c.o.switch
is located elsewhere -- in this case, Allstream's EBCKONBTDS1
Nortel-DMS-500 located in Toronto's Etobicoke neighborhood.

Rogers is indicated as Rogers *CABLE* (CLEC), and out of Sudbury ON.
However, NEITHER Rogers Cable-TV CLEC (OCN 743B), nor Rogers-CallNet
CLEC (OCN 8377), the latter was previously Sprint-Canada CallNet CLEC
which Rogers inherited about five years ago, has any presence in the
Sudbury ON exchange area! There is NO c.o.switch nor POP/POI CLLI for
Rogers in Sudbury, nor any Rogers "default" 705-NXX code!!! (neither
8377 Rogers-CallNet CLEC, nor 743B Rogers Cable-TV CLEC)

I wonder if Rogers will really be out of some OTHER ratecenter/exchange
area for their 249-510-TEST/BILL number? OR maybe Rogers/AT&T Wireless
will provide the 249-510-TEST/BILL number? Rogers Wireless *DOES* have
presence in the Sudbury ON ratecenter, and also their *OWN* OCN code
(separate from 743B or 8377). OR MAYBE Rogers CLEC (either Cable-TV
or CallNet) *INTENDS* on having a POP/POI CLLI (presence) in Sudbury by
the time the test-number is to be activated???

Ontera (Ontario Northland Telecomm), OCN 8229, is the legacy DDD/Toll
provider in eastern-central and northeastern Ontario, with a Nortel
DMS-200 tandem/toll including DMS-TOPS (Operator Services) switch at
Timmins ON. HOWEVER, Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel, OCN 8228, is the legacy
dialtone provider for most of this east-central and northeastern part
of Ontario. Ontera does provide local ILEC dialtone service in about
six small ratecenters scattered about the region, mostly to the north
at James Bay, and to the south of the Timmins area. In recent years,
Ontera is also a CLEC (OCN 660E) in both ILEC Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel
in Timmins ON, and also ILEC Bell/Aliant's North Bay ON.

(8229) Ontel's DMS-200 tandem/toll/TOPS in Timmins is TMNSONXO03T.
(660E) Ontel CLEC's PACKET-based local Timmins switch is TMNSONXOPS0.
I wonder which Ontel Timmins switch will provide their
249-710-TEST/BILL number?

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

On Tue, 10/13/09, Ray <czg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thom Hill <king_quince> wrote:

>> ... is there any way to tell if the exchange and or switch is for a
>> cellular vs. a regular network?

> I have a field in the database that indicates whether the carrier is
> wireless, ILEC or CLEC, but since this is something I've derived
> myself (i.e., not present in any of the data sources) I haven't made
> it available via the web or XML interfaces. It gets tricky when a
> carrier uses one OCN to provide different types of service (e.g.,
> some independent telcos that have both ILEC and CLEC operations use
> the same OCN for both). The LERG has this information, but of course
> that costs big bucks...


And of course, now there's also portability.

While NeuStar-NANPA (for the US and its territories) and CNA (for
Canada) assigns a c.o.code "initially/default" to a specific service
provider (and in much of the US, that's also broken down to the
thousands-block level in the line-number, by NeuStar's Thousands-Block-Pooling
administrative/assignment group), it's also going to happen
that many customers with telephone numbers on that specific NPA-NXX-(t)
code will "port-away" to a different carrier. And customers with
originally assigned numbers on an NPA-NXX-(t) code on another service
provider will port-into an ILEC as well.

And where portability is in place in the US and Canada, even though
one can't (yet) port their numbers across ratecenter boundaries
(although one "should" be able to port within a ratecneter but between
different c.o.switches of the ILEC if moving, but many ILECs try to
frown on this until the customer threatens to leave that ILEC as well
when they move geographically w/in the same ratecenter), the portabiliry
in the US and Canada is "inter-modal", where one can port between
a landline provider and a wireless provider, not "just" between
service providers for landline, and port between service providers
of wireless but to remain within landline or wireless. MOST inter-modal
ports are FROM a landline provider to a wireless provider, but it CAN
(and occasionally DOES) happen that one could port their number from
a wireless provider to a landline provider!

Prior to full geographic porting (across ratecenter boundaries), it
might happen that NPA-NXX codes are assigned strictly to a geographic
ratecenter area, and NOT "initially/default" assigned to any service
provider -- line-numbers on those NPA-NXX codes are assigned anywhere
in the geographic ratecenter area on a first-come first-serve basis,
regardless of service provider or switch (or technology format)...
SIMILAR to how toll-free (800/888/877/866/etc) numbers have been
assigned since the early/mid 1990s.

One might be able to determine that a specific NPA-NXX-(t) is landline
or wireless, and also the service provider, but that is the
"initial/default" assignment of that code, but the customers have been
porting around!

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com

--- In local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Cuccia" <markjcuccia@...>
wrote:
>[...]
> There are to be at least three test/bill numbers, maybe four. The
> c.o.codes for the test/bill numbers will follow precedent in previous
> Canadian area code overlay implementation:
>
> 249-610-TEST/BILL for 8051 Bell Canada
> 249-810-TEST/BILL for 8304 MTS-Allstream (CLEC)
> 249-510-TEST/BILL for Rogers (CLEC)
>
> At this time, I do NOT yet know the ratecenters/switch-CLLIs (or
> POP/POI CLLIs) for these test/bill-numbers. I also don't know if the
> Rogers test/bill-numbers will be from Rogers Cable CLEC (743B) or from
> Rogers-CallNet CLEC (8377 which used to be Sprint-Canada's CLEC).
>
> It is still not yet known if Ontera/ONTel, the incumbent DDD entity
> in central northeastern Ontario (where Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel also
> has a number of local offices) and also Ontera/ONTel has about six
> local central offices, will provide a test/bill-number pair. Ontera
> (formerly ONTel for Ontario Northland owned by the province government)
> does have a DMS-200 tandem/TOPS at Timmins ON, although Bell/Aliant's
> NorthernTel is the local ILEC for Timmins ON.

NANPA planning letter 398 (http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_398.pdf) gives the rate
centres. Ontera will indeed provide a test/bill-number pair.

249-510-8378 (TEST) Sudbury - Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
249-510-2455 (BILL) Sudbury - Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
249-610-8378 (TEST) Barrie - Bell Canada
249-610-2455 (BILL) Barrie - Bell Canada
249-710-8378 (TEST) Timmins - Ontera
249-710-2455 (BILL) Timmins - Ontera
343-810-8378 (TEST) Sudbury - MTS Allstream (sic)
343-810-2455 (BILL) Sudbury - MTS Allstream (sic)

That last one should be 249-810...

--- In local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com, Thom Hill <king_quince@...> wrote:
>
> Ray, thanks so much for this information...this is killer.
>
> I now have another question....is there any way to tell if the exchange and or
switch is for a cellular vs. a regular network?
>

I have a field in the database that indicates whether the carrier is wireless,
ILEC or CLEC, but since this is something I've derived myself (i.e., not present
in any of the data sources) I haven't made it available via the web or XML
interfaces. It gets tricky when a carrier uses one OCN to provide different
types of service (e.g., some independent telcos that have both ILEC and CLEC
operations use the same OCN for both).

The LERG has this information, but of course that costs big bucks...

local calling guide dues it, you have to�take several steps, but it does�get you
to a map using "map it".� Once at the map, the lat and lon is�displayed in a
call out box.� This is free.

Another separate application that does this�comes with a fee based structure
based on the frequency of the updates you desire.� From $200 up.� It's called
C.O.Finder.� Earler versions were a little easire to navigate, but the new
version is quite robust.
�Cindy Smith



cgsmi@...




________________________________
From: Thom Hill <king_quince@...>
To: local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 11, 2009 8:16:57 PM
Subject: Re: [local-calling-guide] Re: Looking for database that correlates
NPA-NXX pairs with LAT and LON of switc

�
Ray, thanks so much for this information. ..this is killer.

I now have another question.... is there any way to tell if the exchange and or
switch is for a cellular vs. a regular network?

Thanks

T

____________ _________ _________ __
From: Ray <czg.lists@gmail. com>
To: local-calling- guide@yahoogroup s.com
Sent: Sun, October 11, 2009 3:42:23 PM
Subject: [local-calling- guide] Re: Looking for database that correlates NPA-NXX
pairs with LAT and LON of switc

--- In local-calling- guide@yahoogroup s.com, "ThomH" <king_quince@ ...> wrote:
> When I look at http://www.localcal lingguide. com I see a mapping function
that maps the location of the local switch out to 6 digits past the decimal
point, which is what I am looking for. Unfortunately, this data is not included
in any of the work XML Queries for this site.
>

Try it now...note that the lat/lon is that of the rate centre, not the switch
(which is not available in this database).

Ray

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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ray, thanks so much for this information...this is killer.

I now have another question....is there any way to tell if the exchange and or
switch is for a cellular vs. a regular network?

Thanks

T




________________________________
From: Ray <czg.lists@...>
To: local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 11, 2009 3:42:23 PM
Subject: [local-calling-guide] Re: Looking for database that correlates NPA-NXX
pairs with LAT and LON of switc


--- In local-calling- guide@yahoogroup s.com, "ThomH" <king_quince@ ...> wrote:
> When I look at http://www.localcal lingguide. com I see a mapping function
that maps the location of the local switch out to 6 digits past the decimal
point, which is what I am looking for. Unfortunately, this data is not included
in any of the work XML Queries for this site.
>

Try it now...note that the lat/lon is that of the rate centre, not the switch
(which is not available in this database).

Ray







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--- In local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com, "ThomH" <king_quince@...> wrote:
> When I look at http://www.localcallingguide.com I see a mapping function that
maps the location of the local switch out to 6 digits past the decimal point,
which is what I am looking for. Unfortunately, this data is not included in any
of the work XML Queries for this site.
>

Try it now...note that the lat/lon is that of the rate centre, not the switch
(which is not available in this database).

Ray

Hey there, I'm new to this board and hope this is not a rookie question.

I'm looking for a database that correlates NPA-NXX pairs with the LAT and LON of
the switch location at a very granular level.

I have looked at http://www.area-codes.com and http://www.areacodeworld.com/ and
they both have LAT LON defined out to 2 digits past the decimal point, which is
not very specific.

When I look at http://www.localcallingguide.com I see a mapping function that
maps the location of the local switch out to 6 digits past the decimal point,
which is what I am looking for. Unfortunately, this data is not included in any
of the work XML Queries for this site.

Does anyone know of a dbase that I can use to lookup switch LAT LON at a very
granular level?

Ideally this would be a web service but if I have to run it locally that's OK
too

Thank you for your help with this!


Thom

The CRTC (Canada's version of the FCC) approved an overlay of the
705 area code in eastern and northeastern Ontario, the new area code
to be 249, in Telecom Decision CRTC 2009-622, dated today, Tuesday
06-October 2009:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-622.htm

Ten-digit dialling is to be phased in beginning on Sat-15-Jan-2011.
Most telcos in the 705 area already allow ten-digit intra-705 local
dialling, but for those who don't already allow local ten-digit
intra-705 dialling, this date in January 2011 is when they are
supposed to begin supporting it. There is a one-week period, from
15-January to 22-January, for telcos to begin implementing it, along
with a "reminder" recording for local calls still dialled as just
seven-digits. Such seven-digit dialled local calls will complete after
the recording has played through.

MANDATORY ten-digit intra-705 local dialling phases-in starting on
Saturday 05-March-2011 (with a one-week period for all telcos to get
the translations/recording in all switches, Saturday 12-March-2011 at
the very latest).

New (pre-assigned) geographic/POTS 249-NXX c.o.codes can first begin to
take effect in the network on Saturday 19-March-2011. Such 249-NXX
"POTS" c.o.codes can be pre-assigned by the CNAC (requested by local
service providers) as early as Sunday 19-September-2010.

There are to be at least three test/bill numbers, maybe four. The
c.o.codes for the test/bill numbers will follow precedent in previous
Canadian area code overlay implementation:

249-610-TEST/BILL for 8051 Bell Canada
249-810-TEST/BILL for 8304 MTS-Allstream (CLEC)
249-510-TEST/BILL for Rogers (CLEC)

At this time, I do NOT yet know the ratecenters/switch-CLLIs (or
POP/POI CLLIs) for these test/bill-numbers. I also don't know if the
Rogers test/bill-numbers will be from Rogers Cable CLEC (743B) or from
Rogers-CallNet CLEC (8377 which used to be Sprint-Canada's CLEC).

It is still not yet known if Ontera/ONTel, the incumbent DDD entity
in central northeastern Ontario (where Bell/Aliant's NorthernTel also
has a number of local offices) and also Ontera/ONTel has about six
local central offices, will provide a test/bill-number pair. Ontera
(formerly ONTel for Ontario Northland owned by the province government)
does have a DMS-200 tandem/TOPS at Timmins ON, although Bell/Aliant's
NorthernTel is the local ILEC for Timmins ON.

Following precedent from previous Canadian area code overlays...

the "-TEST" line-number (-8378) in any test-number pair is NOT
supposed to return billing/charge/answer supervision...

while the "-BILL" line-number (-2455) in any test-number pair *IS*
supposed to return billing/charge/answer supervision.

The verbage/text for the test-number announcements will be
English-then-French:

"You have successfully completed a call to the 2-4-9 Area Code
Test Number at [CARRIER NAME] in Ontario, Canada.
La communication a �t� �tablie avec succ�s au num�ro de v�rification
de l'indicatif r�gional 2-4-9, � [NOM DU T�L�COMMUNICATEUR], Ontario,
Canada."

The 249 overlay test/bill numbers are to begin no later than
Monday 15-November-2010, and can begin to be disconnected (or at
least IXCs can discontinue access) by Saturday 16-April-2011,
although some test-numbers might still be in operation as late as
Saturday 14-May-2011.

There had been an earlier plan for relief of 705, which would have
had 807 in northern/western Ontario expand to overlay 705, but that
plan was obviously discarded. 807 had originally split from 705 back
in Spring 1962. 705 had originally split from 613 way back at sometime
in 1957. Both of these splits were FLASH-CUTS, i.e., NO formal or
official "permissive dial period". On Sunday 09-December-1962, 705
gained a small "notch" to its southeast, around Peterborough ON, which
had previously been part of the 416 area code.

There are some 203 ratecenters in the 705/249 area code region.

There are some 85 ratecenters in the 807 area code region, and this
is NOT expected to need relief for well over 100 years (maybe several
hundred years), thus an expansion of 807 to overlay 705 was considered
as a way to utilize the unused numbering/code capacity within 807, but
in the end, the Canadian telcos chose a distinct new 249 to overlay the
705 area code.

Bell Canada (including Bell-Aliant) is the most dominant ILEC in 705.
Bell-Aliant's NorthernTel also has a number of ratecenters in the
east-central part of 705, their largest town where they provide local
telco service is Timmins ON. Ontera/ONTel has about six ratecenters in
northeastern and east-central 705 but they are also the "legacy
DDD/toll" provider in this part of Ontario with their tandem and TOPS
being in Timmins ON although they are not the local ILEC for Timmins.
Abitibi-Price Paper Company sold their local telco operations to Ontera
a few years back.

The City of Cochrane ON owns the local telco, located also in this
NorthernTel and Ontera/ONTel region of Ontario.

Two other incumbent independent local telcos in the southeastern part
of 705 are:

- Amtelecom's Cambray Tel, Coldwater Tel, and Manitoulin Island Tel;
- Nexicom's� Durham Tel, and Otonabee Tel;

807 is all Bell-Aliant as the incumbent local telco, except for two
city-owned independent telcos: Thunder Bay ON, Dryden ON. The City of
Kenora which since 2000 includes the previous City of Keewatin, used to
own its telco -- and Keewatin owned its local telco until the telco and
local government was merged into the City of Kenora -- but since 2008,
Bell's Aliant took over KMTS, the Kenora (including old Keewatin)
Municipal Telephone System.

In 2010, 613 in southeastern Ontario (includes Ottawa) will be overlaid
with 343, and 450 in southwestern Quebec (outside of the immediate
Montreal QC metro area) will be overlaid with 579. NeuStar NANPA has
already issued Planning Letters on these 2010 Canadian overlays. Local
ten-digit dialling has been mandatory within 613 and within 450 for
about three years now -- since Fall 2006, so there's no additional
phasing-in steps needed for these overlays.

There are some other pending area code relief projects in Canada:

The 905/289 overlay region surrounding the City of Toronto ON will need
another overlay, probably to be 365, in a few years.

The 819 region of Quebec (which has also had mandatory ten-digit local
dialling since Fall 2006) will likely be overlaid with 873, in a few
years.

Manitoba 204 will probably be overlaid with 431, in a few years.

And there will be other new area codes (likely all overlays) in other
parts of Canada over the next decade.

Further details can be obtained from the Canadian Numbering
Administrator (SAIC-CNA) website, http://www.cnac.ca

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

--- In local-calling-guide@yahoogroups.com, "Ray" <czg.lists@...> wrote:
>
> Sint Maarten, an island territory of the Netherlands Antilles (country code
599), has applied for permission to join the North American Numbering Plan. On
September 30, 2009, NANPA assigned the 721 NPA to serve St. Maarten. Sint
Maarten is the southern half of the island of Saint Martin (the other half is an
overseas collectivity of France, and is part of country code 590). The
Netherlands Antilles


Editing goof:

The Netherlands Antilles voted to dissolve itself effective December 2008, but
this has been postponed until 10 October 2010. Sint Maarten and Curaçao will
become separate countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bonaire, Saba,
and Sint Eustatius will become public entities of the Netherlands. Aruba
(country code 297) seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a
country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

More details are available from
http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/m118/teamm118.html

NANPA has issued Planning Letter 396 regarding the admission of Sint Maarten to
the NANP.

http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_396.pdf

Sint Maarten, an island territory of the Netherlands Antilles (country code
599), has applied for permission to join the North American Numbering Plan. On
September 30, 2009, NANPA assigned the 721 NPA to serve St. Maarten. Sint
Maarten is the southern half of the island of Saint Martin (the other half is an
overseas collectivity of France, and is part of country code 590). The
Netherlands Antilles

Permissive dialling begins at 2:00 AM (Atlantic Time) May 31, 2010

Permissive dialling ends at 2:00 AM (Atlantic Time) November 30, 2010

After the permissive dialling period ends, all calls dialled with the incorrect
country code will be routed to intercept and a recorded message instructing
callers to dial the correct country (1) and area code (721). Country code 599
will continue to be used in the remainder of the Netherlands Antilles.

Earliest date for the end of recorded announcement: November 30, 2011

Central Office Codes

The NANPA document lists the following NXX codes in use, but other sources like
WTNG (http://wtng.info/wtng-599-an.html) show additional prefixes in use for
cellular carriers.

NXX (Prefix) LOCATIONS
542 Philipsburg/Pointe Blanche/Guana Bay/Oyster Pond
543 Philipsburg/Pointe Blanche/Guana Bay/Oyster Pond
544 Colebay/Pelican/Caybay
545 Simpsonbay/Beaon Hill/Maho/Cupe Coy
546 DID
547 Dutch Quarter/Middle Region/Belvedere
548 Cul de Sac/Ebenezer/South Reward/Betty's estate/Saunders

Local dialling within Sint Maarten is 7 digits. Calls to other parts of the
NANPA will be 1+10 digits (station-to-station) or 0+10 (operator-assisted).
Interestingly, the planning letter says there will be 7-digit local dialling to
St-Martin, the French-administered northern half of the island. That seems
unlikely, though, because local numbers in St-Martin are 9 digits long (+590
590xxxxxx).

When I posted on this topic last year, I wrote:
[...]
I recall reading somewhere that calls between the two halves of the
island must be dialled in full international format. That won't change
if Sint Maarten joins the NANP.
[...]

Ray

NOTE: My reply is also being added to two other Yahoo telecom-related
groups: Singingwires, Coldwarcomms -- there might be others on those
two groups who will find this of interest, but those others are not on
any of the groups (Central Office, Local Calling, Strowger) that this
was originally posted to.

On Fri, 10/2/09, "ElmerCat" posted the following to several Yahoo
telecom-related groups:

> As if there weren't already enough reasons to dislike Verizon...
>
>     .... from the Boston Herald:
>
> "Preservationists are outraged that a 1940s-era mural has been removed
> from an art deco office building in the city’s Financial District.
>
> Verizon has taken down “Telephone Men and Women at Work,” which is made
> up of four 12-by-160-foot panels, from the lobby of 185 Franklin St.
> The canvas paintings by Dean Cornwell depict the history of the telephone,
> starting with Alexander Graham Bell and featuring life-size telephone
workers."
>
> Read the entire article here:
> http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1201623
>
> Elmer


I read the Boston Herald's online article. VeriZon SOLD this building,
and while VZ still has a lease as a major tenant, it was the NEW ONWER
that has no interest in this mural. VZ is also TRYING TO FIND the mural
A NEW HOME. Some museums in the New England area (both Boston AND IN
Rhode Island) are expressing an interest. But the museum(s) in Boston
don't want the RI-based museum(s) to acquire a mural that has been in
Boston for so many decades!

You really can NOT blame VZ. Of course, there are those who will always
hate the current owner of the imcumbent telco.

I do agree with others who replied to the groups that the current telcos
seem to want to distance themselves from basic telco functions, and now
want to use new "buzzword" for functions AND their names. The goofy
sounding names of many corporate telcos/communications providers esp.
since 2000... The world "telephone" and "Bell" being considered too
archaic and obsolete, but "mobile" and "wireless", FTTH and FIOS, etc.
being preferred.

ANYHOW... here is some information as to what is or has been located
at 185 Franklin Street in Boston's financial district, at the (old)
New England Tel & Tel building, in the way of switching...

There was one of the original six #4 Crossbar toll machines located
there, the #4s did NOT even come with provisions for a card-translator
box. #4s had to be MODIFIED later for a card translator (the thirteen
original #A4As, Anticipated 4-Advanced were built for provision of
card translators but initially didn't have them at instalation).
The first six #4s were renamed #4Ms (for modified) when they were
significantly modified with the addition of a card translator.

Nov.1949 BSTNMAFR02T, eventually a "class-2", 617-2, "Boston-2"

Later on, Apr.1970, "Boston-9" was added, another #4A Crossbar toll
machine, BSTNMAFR09T, also a "Class-2" in the old toll hierarchy, 617-3,
was added.

There were at least three XB-Tandems located at Boston "Franklin":

BSTNMAFR03T "Boston-Metro" in June 1949, a Class-4, 617-43
BSTNMAFR05T "Boston-CAMA" in April 1957, a Class-4, 617-5
BSTNMAFR17T "Boston-17" in October 1972, a Class-3, 617-17

It does NOT appear that there were any 4ESS switches ever located at
Boston "Franklin", neither owned/mandated by AT&T-LL nor by NET&T,
pre- or post-divestiture.

I really do NOT have any of the history of NET&T local central office
switches at "Franklin". The mural is from the 1940s-era, and the
building is "art-deco". But what year was this buidling constructed?

Maybe there were some #1XB switches here? Ever any Panel?

Obviously there were some #5XB local central offices and later #1(A)ESS
as well.

As late as 2005, there was a VZ/NET&T #5ESS, BSTNMAFRDS0, but there
doesn't seem to be that #5ESS as of 2009.

Back in 2005, and still today (but I don't know when it was installed),
is another digital switch (owned by VZ/NET&T), but I don't have details
as to whether it is a WECO/Lucent 5ESS, Nortel DMS-100, or some other
manufacturer or model, BSTNMAFRDS2.

And that BSTNMAFRDS2 digital seems to be the only actual telco switch
presently in the "Franklin" building.

Yes, it is a shame to see a piece of history removed, but it DOES seem
that VeriZon *IS* trying to find the mural a new home! Remember, it
is *COMMONWEALTH VENTURES*, the NEW/current owner of the "Franklin"
building that wanted the mural removed! REMEMBER... if the mural was
actually a "part of the sale of the building" from VeriZon to
Commonwealth Ventures, they (Commonwealth) COULD have had it destroyed!
Afterall, it is now "their" property. Thankfully, VZ *IS* trying to
preserve it by finding a new home. Hopefully it WILL be able to stay
in Boston, and also be viewable by the general public!

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:14, ElmerCat wrote:

> As if there weren't already enough reasons to dislike Verizon...
>
>    .... from the Boston Herald:
>
> "Preservationists are outraged that a 1940s-era mural has been
> removed from an art deco office building in the city�s Financial
> District.
>
> Verizon has taken down �Telephone Men and Women at Work,� which is
> made up of four 12-by-160-foot panels, from the lobby of 185
> Franklin St. The canvas paintings by Dean Cornwell depict the
> history of the telephone, starting with Alexander Graham Bell and
> featuring life-size telephone workers."
>
> Read the entire article here: 
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1201623

Believe me, Verizon isn't the only company that tries to bury its
past.  Since Chase took over WAMU they've made it their mission to
obliterate anything that could give anyone any indication that
Washington Mutual Bank existed.

As if there weren't already enough reasons to dislike Verizon...

     .... from the Boston Herald:

"Preservationists are outraged that a 1940s-era mural has been removed from an
art deco office building in the city’s Financial District.

Verizon has taken down “Telephone Men and Women at Work,” which is made up
of four 12-by-160-foot panels, from the lobby of 185 Franklin St. The canvas
paintings by Dean Cornwell depict the history of the telephone, starting with
Alexander Graham Bell and featuring life-size telephone workers."

Read the entire article here: 
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1201623


Elmer

On Oct 1, 2009, at 14:50, Mark J. Cuccia wrote:

> The 500 Special Area Code was started about 15 years ago, when
> Bellcore-NANPA at the guidance of the telco industry thru the
> ATIS/ICCF/INC committees and the FCC approved a "personal numbering"
> function, or a "one-number" function.
>
> The original intent was for a customer of a telco or long distance
> provider to have a "single number" of the 500-NXX-xxxx format, and
> they could set it up to forward to their home phone, office phone,
> fax machine, wireless phone, motel phone, etc. when traveling.

And now a similar (though very much different actualized) service
first from Grand Central and then bought by Google dubbed "Google
Voice" makes it possible to have a single number ring to any of
several numbers (home, work, mobile, etc.) with different
announcements possible for each and different routing depending on who
the calling party is some going to you with an announcement and others
gong straight to voicemail.

The 500 Special Area Code was started about 15 years ago, when
Bellcore-NANPA at the guidance of the telco industry thru the
ATIS/ICCF/INC committees and the FCC approved a "personal numbering"
function, or a "one-number" function.

The original intent was for a customer of a telco or long distance
provider to have a "single number" of the 500-NXX-xxxx format, and
they could set it up to forward to their home phone, office phone,
fax machine, wireless phone, motel phone, etc. when traveling.

AT&T-LL and MCI were the two major providers of this function when
it began in 1994/95, and Bellcore-NANPA assigned the 500-NXX codes
to the specific requesting service providers.

It didn't take long before significant "hanky panky" took over.
While it wasn't really AT&T or MCI doing the shady practices, some
of the "customers" were "information providers" who knew that
special area code 900 and special c.o.code 976 both now had a stigma
about them as being "shady" type numbers in the mind of the general
public and would NOT call them, and even having free blocking put on
them. So, many of the shady "information services" began having 500
numbers.

IIRC, AT&T-LL would allow forwarding of a customer's 500 number to
an overseas/international location, but the international charges
would be passed back to the actual calling party, not the party who
set up the forwarding!

Also, there was NO portability with 500 (even though the FCC in 1997
did try to open in inquiry as to portability). And there was all kind
of confusion as to how to call a 500 number billed to a calling card
if not calling from one's home phone. Payphones, PBXes, wireless,
possibly CLECs/VoIP, etc. have blocked access to 500-NXX codes.

Also, access to US or NANP-based 500 numbers from OUTSIDE of the NANP
as +1-500-etc. was NOT always consistent!

The average person calling a 500-NXX-xxxx number wouldn't know that
the 500-NXX code might be MCI, but they might want to try to bill the
call to their AT&T-LL card or BOC/LEC card. AT&T-LL "might" have allowed
billing of calls to _AT&T_ provided 500-NXX numbers to "most" AT&T
issued cards if the call was placed via an AT&T-LL OSPS. Maybe even
a BOC/LEC issued card could be accepted if the call to an AT&T-handled
500-NXX number was placed via AT&T-OSPS. But AT&T would not accept
MCI/etc. cards to call their AT&T 500 numbers, and MCI would not accept
AT&T cards to call their MCI 500 numbers, and so forth.

Charges/billing itself was not always comprehensible. USUALLY if you
had a discount plan with AT&T, calls to 500 (and internal AT&T 700
personal numbers) would NOT be eligible for your discount plan. The
rates themselves to call 500 numbers themselves were rather pricy.
And the person who HAD the 500 number had some pricey monthly charges
to deal with just to have that 500 number.

Anyhow, 500 was going over like a lead balloon. Around 1999/2000 or
so, both AT&T-LL and MCI eliminated their 500 service offerings. The
larger Canadian telcos and IXCs also were assigned 500-NXX codes, but
they never did implement 500 service within Canada, and by 2000, the
Canadian telcos "returned" their 500-NXXes back to (now NeuStar) NANPA.

Some US wireless providers had been assigned 500-NXX codes. And some
smaller US ILECs (and CLECs) were assigned 500-NXX codes. However, some
of those smaller ILECs and CLECs were using 500 "as if" it were a 900
or 976 type of number! :(

After 2000, the vast bulk of 500 numbers (500-NXX codes) were being
assigned to VeriZon-Wireless, and later cingular-wireless. I've heard
that General Motors "OnStar" uses VZ-W (and maybe cingular) 500 numbers
and that's why the vast bulk of 500-NXX codes are assigned now to
VZ-W and cingular.

Back in 1996/97, during the (apparent) "heyday" of (the original)
500 service (i.e., prior to OnStar), Bellcore-NANPA and the industry
forums (ATIS/INC/NIIF/etc.) and the FCC announced that 500-NXX codes
were being assigned at such a rate, that the next special area code
for personal numbering would need to be assigned, the next one in line
being 533.

When the telco industry was looking at the technical standards for
implementing 500 personal numbering, back in 1993/94, it was determined
that the codes to be used AFTER 500 filled up, would be 533, 544, 566,
577, 588, in that order. 522 was to be TEMPORARILY skipped over if
necessary, if billing of NANP-to-Mexico calls were still using PSEUDO
area codes 521 thru 529, where the full ten-digit dialed (worldwide)
Mexico number +52-AXXX-xxxx were formatted "as if" it were a ten-digit
NANP-styled number, 52A-xxx-xxxx. NANP Customers (and Operators) would
NOT be dialing Mexican numbers as 1+/0+ 52A-xxx-xxxx, but rather as
011+/01+ country code +52 and then the eight-digit national Mexican
domestic number, as always. Billing from the US-to-Mexico, at least
via AT&T-LL, was "pseudo-NANP", with numerous "zones" within Mexico
for specific differing rates back then, based on the dialed Mexican
domestic area codes, but calls to virtually every other non-NANP
country in the world from the US was billed on a fixed-rate per country
basis, where it did NOT matter from where inside the US the caller was
located nor where the inside the destination country the called number
was located.

Thus, 522 could NOT be used as an "overflow" code for personal
numbering (5YY special area codes), UNTIL billing of US calls to Mexico
was resolved. Around 2000/01, Mexico's domestic numbering/dialing plans
were finally expanded to a ten-digit domestic number not counting the
+52, and other internal dialing changes. AT&T-LL (and others) billing
to Mexico is still distance or zoned based to SOME degree, but not
nearly as complex as it was in previous decades. There has been some
streamlining. Pseudo numbering for billing to Mexico where distance or
zoned based rating is still used now uses pseudo NANP area code 052,
followed by the ten-digit Mexican number.

But 522 is still being "skipped over" for the time being, as the next
"overflow" code for personal numbering 500, even though 522 is NO LONGER
used as a pseudo-NANP area code for billing of calls to Mexico, nor are
any other 52A (521 thru 529) area codes reserved as such any more.
Maybe the industry feels that enough time hasn't passed since the
abandonment of 52A codes for billing to Mexico? BTW, 520 was NEVER used
for billing of calls to Mexico, since +52 Mexican eight-digit domestic
numbers did NOT begin with '0'; 520 was assigned as a NANP area code for
the split of 602 in Arizona in 1995.

Note also that 555 was skipped over as a 5YY personal numbering special
area code, to avoid confusion with CENTRAL OFFICE code 555 for directory
assistance and other "information services". 599 is also skipped over,
since the middle-digit of '9' in a 3-digit area code is reserved for
future expansion to a possible four-digit area code when needed in the
future.

In Jan.2008, over a year and a half ago, NeuStar-NANPA issued a
Planning Letter indicating that 533 would "soon" need to be opened up
for assignment, and that the telco industry would be kept informed.
Three further such PLs have been issued by NANPA since then (a total
of four) with the most recent one issued in August 2009, regarding
the upcoming need to open up special area code 533 for additional
personal numbering resources.

NOW, it appears that NeuStar-NANP _HAS_ assigned the first five 533-NXX
codes, 533-200 through 533-204, all assigned to cingular-wireless
(which is now at&t-mobility although it isn't referred to as such on
NANPA's list). NANPA's page which has links to lists of both 500-NXXes
and 533-NXXes is:

http://www.nanpa.com/reports/5YY_reports.html

(The actual URLs for the 500-NXX list and the 533-NXX list are rather
LOOOOONNNNNNGGGG URLs)

I did look at the 500-NXX list as well.

All eight 500-N11s are flagged as NOT assignable (although if the telco
industry WANTED to, they COULD open up 500-211 through 500-811, keeping
500-911 NOT assigned, paralleling the fact that 800/888/877/etc.
toll-free DOES allow the seven N11 c.o.codes 211 thru 811 as allowed
but not 911 -- a call to a 500/533/etc. or 800/888/etc. number MUST be
dialed with ALL ten-digits including the special area code before the
seven-digit part).

Additionally, 500-555 is flagged as NOT to be assigned.

A total of sixteen 500-NXX codes have been assigned to the following
thirteen telcos/service providers, the first four-digit code is the
OCN (Operating Company Number ID):

(0821) UTEX Comm's Corp.� � � � � 500-888
(1212) Jefferson Tel.Co.� � � � � 500-386
(1968) Beggs Tel.Co.� � � � � � � 500-267
(1985) Cross Tel.Co.� � � � � � � 500-463
(5113) FairPoint - New Hampshire� 500-650
(5671) Pilgrim Tel.Co.� � � � � � 500-690, 500-909
(5860) Mobile Satellite Ventures� 500-758, 500-760
(7894) North County Comm's Corp.� 500-429
(9085) Cross Cable Television� ���500-744
(9104) VeriZon (New York Tel ??)� 500-699
(9424) PrimeTel Comm's� � � � � � 500-315
(543F) GreenFly� � � � � � � � ���500-700
(802A) Stratos Comm's� � � � � ���500-355, 500-775

And the following three major US wireless providers have the following
500-NXXes (or a total number of 500-NXXes assigned):

(6664) Sprint-Nextel has nine 500-NXX codes:
500-262, 500-720, 500-721, 500-722, 500-726,
500-728, 500-729, 500-732, 500-746

(6010) at&t-cingular has _446_ total 500-NXX codes

(9148) VeriZon-Wireless has _320_ total 500-NXX codes

I have NO idea how OnStar uses 500 (and 533)... can vehicles be dialed
directly by the average customer? Are the 500/533-NXX-xxxx numbers
mainly used for identifying a specific vehicle which calls or notifies
OnStar?

Anyhow, that's the current status of 500-NXXes and 533-NXXes in these
special area codes assigned by NANPA for "personal numbering" services.

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

On Monday 28-September-2009, at&t/SNET activated the announcement for
the 475-288-0288 test-number for Connecticut's new 475 area code overlay
to the existing 203 area code in southwestern CT. This announcement is
served out of the New Canaan CT DMS-100 central office, NWCNCT00DS0.

Unfortunately, this announcement returns answer/charge/billing supervision....

It starts off with the three "SIT" tones, and continues with a male
voice which quotes:

"You have successfully reached the new 4-7-5 N-P-A."

The announcement is then repeated.

I was NOT disconnected at this point, nor did I get sent to a "re-order"
or some "vacant code" announcement, nor was I SS7'd back to some
recording or re-order from my own local central office. I stayed on the
line for two more minutes (I was using my cellphone which indicates
supervision as well as how long a "supe'd" call has been in progress),
and was not "dropped back" or "dropped completely". I don't know if
at some point, at&t/SNET's announcement and DMS-100 will go back
"on-hook" and then "time-out" disconnecting me, but it didn't happen
within the two minutes after having heard the test recording (twice).

Other 475-288-xxxx line-number (other than -0288 and -9999) go to a
NON-supe'd vacant line-number recording from at&t/SNET's New Canaan CT
DMS-100, with a "trailer/ID" of 2-0-3, 1-2-3.

I have verified that AT&T (101-0288), VZB/MCI (101-0222, including the
Worldcom/WilTel 0555 side of MCI), and Sprint (101-0333) can route to
475-288, by using -xxxx line-numbers OTHER than -0288 (and -9999),
routing to the at&t/SNET vacant-line-number announcement, and since
that doesn't supervise, I am not incurring a charge.

If I dial 475-288-9999 (so far, I have only used AT&T-LL (101-0288),
I am routed to ringing and ringing with no answer. After about a minute,
the last AT&T-LL 4ESS in the routing chain, one of the several 4ESS
switches at White Plains NY, cuts in with an NCD (non-completion
disconnect) recording, "Your party is not answering...", the trailer/ID
for this specific White Plains NY AT&T-LL 4ESS is 133-T.

On a few attempts to reach something at 475-288-9999, I got a busy
signal, and one that was from my own local landline central office,
SS7'd back from at&t/SNET New Canaan CT thru AT&T-LL back to my local
at&t/BellSOuth Lafayette LA central office. I have NO idea what
475-288-9999 is "supposed" to be -- a test-board maybe?

The test-number was supposed to have begun on Saturday 12-September-2009
but I was unable to get through to ANYTHING on this number by ANY IXC.
All I could get was the vacant code announcement from the IXC I was
attempting to place the call through. By Wednesday 16-September-2009,
I was finally got through to something (I was using AT&T-LL 0288, my
preferred carrier which I have discount plans with), but it was a
1-Kc milliwatt tone, all of these supe! :(

But now, as of Monday 28-September-2009, 475-288-0288 is working for an
actual NPA test/validation announcement, however it is one that returns
billing supervision.

Ten-digit intra-203 and intra-860 dialing becomes mandatory on Saturday
14-November-2009. New (pre-assigned) 475-NXX c.o.codes can begin to take
effect by Saturday 12-December-2009. And NeuStar-NANPA *HAS* assigned
at least one 475-NXX "POTS" c.o.code already! The 959 overlay to the
860 area code in the "rest-of-Connecticut" (outside of southwestern CT)
is still to take effect at a future TBD date, but mandatory ten-digit
intra-860 dialing will take effect simultaneously with mandatory
ten-digit intra-203 dialing, so that there can be a single dialing plan
statewide. This was approved by the CT-DPUC (regulatory).

ALSO, note that in late 2000, in preparation for the originally
intended date in early 2001 for the 203/475 (and 860/959) overlay(s) in
CT (which was postponed before the date could have taken effect), there
were to be the following test-numbers:

475-475-8378 (-TEST)  NRWLCT02DS0  Norwalk CT   5ESS
959-959-8378 (-TEST)  HRFRCT03DS0  Hartford CT  DMS-100

These test-numbers did NOT return supervision. They might still be
working today locally/intra-LATA on at&t/SNET, as well as some smaller
IXCs. MCI and Sprint were sitll routing to both of these previous
test-numbers as late as 2005/06, but no longer route to either of them
as of today (2009).

And while the 860/959 overlay is still to be put into effect at a
future still TBD date, I have heard that the test-number will PROBABLY
be 959-288-0288 this time, similar to the current 475 test-number,
rather than the earlier 959-959-TEST number. But it will likely still
work out of the Hartford CT "03" DMS-100.

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

Several media websites (radio/TV/newspaper/etc) which can be found doing
a google "news" search are reporting today (Thursday 10-September-2009)
that Windstream (the 2006 merger of the landline sides of old Alltel and
old Valor, both of which had acquired a lot of old GTE and GTE-once-
Contel that GTE in the 1990s and later VeriZon in the early 2000s sold
off at those times -- has announced that it intends to acquire another
small local independent telephone company...

A few months ago, Windstream said it was going to purchase
Pennsylvania's D&E Communications (Denver & Ephrata).

Now Winstream plans to buy LexCom, the landline ILEC for Lexington NC
and two adjacent ratecenters.

LexCom (OCN 0483) is in at&t/BellSouth/Southern-Bell's Greensboro NC LATA #424,
and has the following ratecenters/c.o.switches/336-NXX c.o.codes:

LXTNNCXA24A/02T Nortel-DMS-100/200 336-23x,24x

and the following Nortel Remotes in Lexington and two other ratecenters:

LXTNNCXBRS0 336-357
LXTNNCXCRS0 336-956
LXTNNCXDRS0 336-746
LXTNNCXERS0 336-853

WLCMNCXARS0 336-731 Welcome NC

SMNTNCXARS0 336-798 Southmont NC

LexCom also has EAS with NUMEROUS other ratecenters in the vicinity
served by both at&t/BellSouth (especially Greensboro NC itself) and
other independent telcos, including CenturyLink/Embarq/Sprint/Centel,
North State Tel (High Point NC/ Randleman NC/ Thomasville NC), even
other Winstream (once Alltel) ratecenters, and also numerous small
rural co-op independent telcos.

While Windstream's pending takeovers of D&E Communications in Pennsylvania
and this more recently announced planned takeover of LexCom in North Carolina
might not be nearly as impressive as Frontier/Citizens intended takeover
of the huge amount of VZ-one-time-GTE/Contel and VZ/BA/C&P-West Virginia,
nor CenturyTel's takeover of Embarq/Sprint/United and Centel to form
CenturyLink for the combined name, this does indicate that there are
still consolidations, mergers, acquisitions, etc. going on all over the
"incumbent/landline" telephone industry in the US, mostly among rural
independents, but also including some (one-time) Bell telcos as well.

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre=Katrina

NeuStar-NANPA has uploaded Planning Letter #395 dated today Wednesday
26-August-2009 to the NANPA website, regarding the 579 area code overlay
to the existing 450 area code in southwestern Quebec outside of the
immediate Montreal QC metro area.

This Planning Letter was prepared by the Canadian Numbering Administrator
(SAIC-CNA) for NeuStar-NANPA and the industry.

http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_395.pdf

Any local intra-450 dialing, as well as any local dialing between 450 and
adjacent area codes has been mandatory ten-digits since Fall 2006, so there
is no "phase-in" period needed in this overlay.

Service providers can request new (POTS) 579-NXX c.o.codes from SAIC-CNA
beginning on Sunday 21-February-2010.

But the earliest date when such new 579-NXX (POTS) c.o.codes can take
effect in the network is Saturday 21-August-2010.

The test-numbers are scheduled to begin on Friday 21-May-2010, and will
begin to be disconnected between Tuesday� 21-September-2010 and Thursday
21-October-2010.

The three test-numbers are following the usual pattern for overlays in
Canada:

579-610-TEST/BILL
8050 Bell-Canada
Longueuil QC
LNGLPQ15CG0 Nortel-DMS-100

579-810-TEST/BILL
8304 MTS-Allstream
Chomedey QC
CHOMPQDVAMD (works off MTRLPQXCDS0 Nortel-DMS-500)

579-510-TEST/BILL
8377 Rogers-CallNet
Longueuil QC
LNGLPQ150MD (works off MTRLPQQNDS1 Lucent-5ESS-2000)

The "TEST" line-number (-8378) is NOT supposed to return billing supervision,
while the "BILL" line-number (-2455) *IS* supposed to return billing
supervision.

The verbage/text on the three test-numbers will be bi-lingual --
French first, followed by English:

"La communication a �t� �tablie avec succ�s au num�ro de v�rification de
l'indicatif r�gional 579, � [NOM DUT�L�COMMUNICATEUR], Qu�bec, Canada.
You have successfully completed a call to the 579 area code test number
at [CARRIER NAME] in Quebec, Canada."

There are 138 ratecenters/tariffed exchange areas in the 450 area code region.
(Also, the immediate Montreal QC metro area, 514-overlaid-with-438 is only
SIX individual ratecenters/tariffed exchange areas, and two of them are NOT
"local/EAS" w-r-t each other!)

Bell Canada is the dominant (landline) ILEC for the 450 region, but there
are some independent incumbent telcos' ratecenters in the 450/579 region
as well, including Telebec (which is part of the Bell/Aliant "family"),
Co-Op Tel (de Valcourt), Upton Tel, Tel.Guevremont for the town of
Ste-Rosalie QC (this independent telco also has exchanges in the 819 region),
and even Sogetel which is dominant in the 418 region but a few years ago
bought some independent telco' ratecenters in other parts of Quebec which
in the 450/579 region include Baie-du-Febvre QC and St-Liboire QC.

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

On Monday 17-August-2009, I wrote:

> At the moment [Mon. 17-Aug-2009], AT&T-LL (0288) still does NOT yet
> have 442-442, 442-730, nor 442-973 opened up in their 4ESS network.
> I expect that AT&T-LL will open up these three 442-nxx test-numbers'
> c.o.codes either tonight (Monday night/Tuesday morning) or the
> following night (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning) in advance of the
> "official" start-date for these 442 NPA test-numbers on Friday
> 21-August-2009.

Well, AT&T-LL (0288) waited until early this Friday morning 21-Aug-2009
to open up the three 442-NXX c.o.codes for the NPA 442 test-numbers,
today being the "official" start date for these test-numbers.
VZ-B/MCI (0222) including Worldcom (0555) had these opened up in their
network for maybe two weeks now; and US-Sprint-LD (0333) had the two
VZ/GTE test-number c.o.codes (442-730 and 442-973) opened up in their
network for over a month now. opening up the at&t/Pacific*Bell 442-442
(restored) test-code about two weeks ago. Now all of the "big three"
IXCs/LD-carriers have all three NPA 442 test-number c.o.codes opened up
within their networks, routing to the test announcements, which at least
as of righ tnow, none of them return answer/billing supervision! :-)

760 in eastern/southeastern CA is being overlaid with 442. Mandatory
(1+)ten-digit intra-760 dialing goes into effect on Sat. 21-Oct-2009.
New (pre-assigned) geograophic/POTS (non-test) 442-NXX c.o.codes can
begin to take effect a month after that, on Saturday-24-November-2009,
however at present, no such 442-NXX geographic/POTS c.o.codes have yet
been pre-assigned by NeuStar-NANPA.

As for the three NPA 442 Test-Numbers/C.O.Codes/announcements/etc:

442-442-1442
VISTCA12DS0
Nortel DMS-100
Vista CA
at&t/SBC/Pacific*Bell,
(at&t/Pacific/Bell's own) LATA 732 "San Diego CA Metro"

"You have successfully reached the test-number for the 4-4-2 overlay N-P-A"
-------------------------

442-730-TEST
VTVLCAXADS0/79T
Victorville CA
Nortel DMS-100/200
VeriZon/GTE/Contel
(within at&t/SBC/Pacific*Bell's ) LATA 730 "Los Angeles CA extended"

"You have successfully reached the test-number for the California
7-6-'OH', 4-4-2, N-P-A overlay"
-------------------------

442-973-TEST
PLSPCAXGDS0
Palm Springs CA
Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS
VeriZon/GTE/CW&T (old California Water & Telephone)
(VeriZon/GTE's own) LATA 973 "Palm Springs CA"

"You have successfully reached the test-number for the California
7-6-'OH', 4-4-2, N-P-A overlay" (pause) "Palm Springs".
-------------------------

The volume level for the at&t/Pacific*Bell Vista CA (San Diego CA LATA)
442-442-1442 test-number is VERY LOW, but the two GTE/VeriZon test
announcements have decent to fairly loud volume.

Both NeuStar-NANPA and Telcordia-TRA indicate that the three test-number
c.o.codes can begin to be disconnected, or at least IXC/LD access to the
three test-number c.o.codes can be discontinued, beginning on Monday
21-December-2009.

The most recent Neustar-NANPA Planning Letter for this 442/760 NPA
overlay in eastern/southeastern California is PL #381, which was
dated/issued on Thursday-23-October-2008 (last year),
see http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_381.pdf

There were earlier Planning Letters as well as other earlier
documentation at the California PUC's website regarding 760/442 even as
far back as 1999/2000, when it was previously determined for a 760/442
split, which last October was modified by the Ca-PUC to be the overlay
currently being implemented, modified by the Ca-PUC after large and
vocal grassroots opposition by residents and businesses in the
San Diego CA metro area, esp. suburbs, who would have fallen on the
"wrong" side of the split.

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina

Last month, on Thursday 16-July-2009, I wrote:

> The 760 Area Code in eastern and southeastern California was to have
> been split last year, with the new 442 area code assigned to the
> suburbs in San Diego County (San Diego itself has been 619 since
> 1982/83 when 619 split from 714, and the immediate northern suburbs
> have been 858 since it split from 619 in 1999; 760 split from 619 in
> 1997), and 760 retained by Imperial County, the eastern parts of
> Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, parts of Kern County, Inyo
> County, and a part of Mono County -- i.e., the Palm Springs,
> Victorville, and "Death Valley" areas. That split WOULD have begun
> permissive dialing in November 2008, with mandatory dialing in May 2009.
>
> There was a test-number, 442-442-1442, set up by at&t/SBC/Pacific*Bell,
> out of their VISTCA12DS0 DMS-100 at Vista CA in the San Diego CA LATA 730.
> It was scheduled to begin in early August 2008, but it was actually
> working at least locally/intra-LATA as early as June/July 2008. Some
> LD-carriers began routing to 442-442 in mid-July-2008.
>
> The announcement (which did NOT supe) was a male voice which stated:
>
> "You have successfully reached the test-number for the California
> 7-6-0, 4-4-2, N-P-A activity"
>
> The California PUC had announced the 760/442 split in April 2008, but
> almost immediately, there was a grassroots effort that sprung up from
> business and residential customers in the San Diego suburbs against
> the split. Throughout Spring/Summer 2008, this grassroots effort was
> able to get local area businesses, residents, and even politicians
> rallied up against the split, and for a full overlay of 760 with 442.
> Eventually (October 2008), the Ca.PUC reversed the split plan and
> ordered an overlay, which will be effective on Saturday 21-November 2009,
> when new (pre-assigned) (POTS/non-test) 442-NXX c.o.codes can take
> effect in the network. Permissive (1+)ten-digit intra-760 local
> dialing officially began Saturday 02-May-2009 (it has been permissive
> for many years now), and mandatory (1+)ten-digit intra-760 local
> dialing is to take place on Saturday 24-October-2009.
>
> During November 2008, I noticed that the major LD-carriers began
> removing the routing of 442-442 to VISTCA12DS0 from their six-digit
NPA-NXX c.o.code translations. Some of the smaller LD-carriers might
> have still been routing to 442-442, but it seems that at&t/Pacific*Bell
> also discontinued the announcement on 442-442-1442 itself at VISTCA12DS0
> since I was receiving a message of "NO ROUTES FOUND", instead! But I
> don't know if this recording (No Routes Found) was coming from
> at&t/Pacific*Bell at Vista CA, or if it was coming from the LD-carrier
> I was using.
>
> With the pending 760/442 OVERLAY, there are to be THREE test-numbers,
> mostly along the lines of the three test-numbers that the 760 NPA had
> when it split from 619 back in 1997, since there are three main LATAs
> involved -- in addition to the San Diego CA LATA, there is:
>
> the VZ/GTE Palm Springs CA LATA #973 (old CW&T),
>
> and the eastern (mostly VZ/GTE old Contel) parts of
> (at&t/Pacific*Bell's) Los Angeles CA LATA #730.
>
> The original 442-442 test-number is to be re-activated, and the two
> new additional test-numbers for the additional 760/442 LATAs are to
> begin ... on Friday 21-August-2009.
>
> The two additional (VeriZon/GTE) test-numbers are as follows:
>
> 442-730-TEST
> VTVLCAXADS0/79T
> Victorville CA
> DMS-100/200
> VeriZon/GTE/Contel
> (at&t/SBC/Pacific*Bell's) LATA 732/Los Angeles CA
>
> 442-973-TEST
> PLSPCAXGDS0
> Palm Springs CA
> 5ESS
> VeriZon/GTE/CW&T (old California Water & Telephone)
> (VeriZon/GTE's) LATA 973/Palm Springs CA
>
> At present (mid-July-2009), Sprint-LD (0333) *IS* routing to these
> two VeriZon/GTE test-numbers, and VZ/GTE has them up-and-running! I am
> not able to get through on VZ-B/MCI (0222) nor AT&T-LL (0288). And I
> am not able to get through to anything on the original 442-442-1442
> test-number at present via any of the three major LD-carriers, so I
> don't know if at&t/Pacific*Bell has it up-and-running (again)
> locally/intra-LATA at Vista CA or not.


Since last month, I am NOW able to reach the two VZ/GTE test-numbers
via VZ-B/MCI (0222) including legacy Worldcom/Wiltel (0555) as well as
via Sprint-LD (0333).

I am ALSO now able to reach a revised recording on at&t/Pacific*Bell's
Vista CA DMS-100 (LATA 732) on 442-442-1442, via 0222 VZ-B/MCI and via
0333 Sprint-LD. It does NOT return supervision! :-)

At the moment, AT&T-LL (0288) still does NOT yet have 442-442, 442-730,
nor 442-973 opened up in their 4ESS network. I expect that AT&T-LL will
open up these three 442-nxx test-numbers' c.o.codes either tonight
(Monday night/Tuesday morning) or the following night (Tuesday night/
Wednesday morning) in advance of the "official" start-date for these
442 NPA test-numbers on Friday 21-August-2009.


> Neither of the two VeriZon/GTE 442 test-numbers return billing
> supervision (at least not at present).
>
> The 442-730-8378 number at Victorville CA, Los Angeles CA LATA #730
> has the following verbage:
>
> "You have successfully reached the test-number for the California
> 7-6-OH, 4-4-2, N-P-A overlay"
>
> The 442-973-8378 number at Palm Springs CA, Palm Springs CA LATA #973
> has the following verbage:
>
> "You have successfully reached the test-number for the California
> 7-6-OH, 4-4-2, N-P-A overlay" (pause) "Palm Springs".
>
> Note that both VeriZon/GTE announcements quote "7-6-OH" rather than
> "7-6-Zero". Also, the Victorville-based announcement does NOT indicate
> Victorville at the end, while the Palm Springs based announcement does
> quote "Palm Springs" at the end.
>
> When an announcement is restored by at&t/Pacific*Bell to 442-442-1442
> (Vista CA, San Diego CA LATA #732), or if there IS already an
> announcement there only that LD-carriers (including 0288 AT&T-LL) need
> to restore access to 442-442 at Vista CA, it will be interesting to
> see if at&t/Pacific*Bell is using the original recording itself from
> last year, or if they have re-taped an announcement fresh from
> "scratch". I also wonder if possibly the original announcement itself
> has always still been working at Vista CA locally/intra-LATA, only
> that I was unable to reach it at all via any LD-carrier...


On Monday afternoon (17-August-2009), the slightly revised announcement
on at&t/Pacific*Bell's restored 442-442-1442 test-number at their
Vista CA DMS-100 quotes the following:

"You have successfully reached the test-number for the 4-4-2 overlay N-P-A"

As mentioned earlier, the announcement LAST year on at&t/Pacific*Bell's
Vista CA DMS-100 442-442-1442 test-number was as follows --

"You have successfully reached the test-number for the California
7-6-0, 4-4-2, N-P-A activity"

The current (restored) announcement is slightly shorter than the
announcement last year, note that last year's announcement mentioned
"NPA Activity", not split nor overlay!

Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia at yahoo dot com
Lafayette LA, formerly of New Orleans LA pre-Katrina