Late Saturday evening 30-June-2007, or Early Sunday morning 01-July-2007, depending on one's timezone, ... I seem to remember that the telco industry -- well,...
Last week, on Thursday 28-June-2007, I wrote: SNIP ... Well, there was apparantly a request for a 331-NXX c.o.code, and it is officially assigned as of today,...
Regarding the 630/331 NPA Overlay in Illinois for the western Chicago suburbs, I wrote on Thursday 28-June-2007 and on Friday 06-July-2007: snip ... ...
Some of you may already be aware of Ian and Lis Angus and their Angus Telemanagement telecom consulting based out of Ontario Canada. They have a free web-based...
Thank you for that reply, and it's certainly great to know that there is some way of doing this, but is it possible for non-XML users to retrieve this data? I...
Florida 305/904 NPA Split -- Exactly 42 Years Ago Today ... It was exactly 42 years ago today, when on Sunday 11-July-1965, the 305 NPA in "most" of Florida...
Today, 11-July-2007, which also happens to be the 42nd anniversary of the 11-July-1965 Florida 305/904 NPA Split activation, the Illinois Commerce Commission...
Today, the Utah-PSC issued a revision to their order from back in 1999/2000, which back then ordered a discontiguous split of 801, with 385 being the new area...
It appears that there are only FIVE remaining WECO/Lucent-manufactured #1AESS c.o.switches of at&t/BellSouth/South-Central-Bell, reamining in Louisiana, as of...
... Ummmm.... make that -- the boundary between "Aurora" and "Riverside" started moving more to the *** WEST *** of its original placement in 1969, and NOT the...
Last week, I mentioned that Neuster-NANPA has made the very first geographic/POTS 331-NXX c.o.code assignment, 331-248, to Comcast of Illinois, OCN 7607,...
Why for toll-free "area codes" is there no assignment with the first digit of the individual codes that come under it. In other words why can you not have ...
... This is a frequently asked question regarding both "special" area codes, 800/888/877/etc., 900, etc., and geographic/POTS area codes, in the NANP. And the...
... Just follow the directions to submit your query via HTTP. To process the output you will need an XML parser; have a look at this page to get an idea of...
... Well, when I checked NANPA's US-NPA-NXX c.o.codes assignments webpage as of today, Monday 16-July-2007, that the activation date for 331-684 is now...
I'm also copying this reply to the "Telnum" email/majordomo list, and the Yahoo "Local Calling Guide" group, as there are readers there who might also be...
Does anyone have any CONCRETE information as to the EXACT dates when Montenegro in the Balkan Peninsula needs to be "mandatory" dialed with their new +382...
(My reply is copied to several groups/lists) In Yahoo: Central Office/X-Bar, paulcoxwell at tiscali dot co dot uk ... I understand from someone who does some...
Back in late June, even further new local/EAS calling arrangements were announced for the second half of 2007, throughout parts of Louisiana -- announced at...
While doing further "google" searches to see if there was ANYTHING at the FCC or La.PSC giving an actual effective date for the now FCC and La.PSC approved,...
Reply posted to several groups/lists ... ... My friend who does a lot of test-dialing found this number using Montenegro's national numbering plan, and via...
Earlier today, Thursday 19-June-2007, I posted the following in ... After having made the posting earlier today, at&t/BellSouth added the tariff filing to...
I just noticed that if I change my phone to manual operator selection, AT&T is not listed. Instead there are two Cingular networks. The first one displays...
This morning I woke to find that my unlocked Nokia 6103 says AT&T on the display instead of Cingular. This phone is Rogers branded but came unlocked from the...
This reply posted to several groups/lists ... ... Thanks for the tests from "down under" to +381 and +382. It appears that Telstra still needs to open up the...
I have some sad news to report, one is an illness, the other a death. First, the illness... Patrick A. Townson, the moderator of "Telecom Digest" and the...
Was there ever a "WEbster 1" exchange in the Los Angeles metro area back in the late 1950s era? If so, what part of Los Angeles Metro would it have been? And...