On Thursday 31-July-2008, I mentioned that AT&T-LL had opened up the 442-442 c.o.code as "valid" in their network of 4ESS toll switches around the US, and I...
Windstream (the merged entity of what had been the landline operations of Alltel, and Valor which was spun out of parts of GTE when VeriZon was formed), and...
... <markjcuccia@...> wrote: ... All five have the same EAS/local calling areas as the current Twin Cities, so there are no differences to be resolved. The...
The NANPA newsletter for the 2nd quarter of 2008 mentions that Sint Maarten, part of the Netherlands Antilles, has applied to join the North American Numbering...
This question isn't really about routing but is more on the billing side of the business. I'm trying to track down LD rates for filed wholesale long distance...
My guess is that IXCs may no longer be required to post their tariffs for long distance rates anymore. This may be due in part to the Telecommunications Act of...
I came across a news item in the "Hereford Times", dated today, Wednesday 10-September-2008, regarding the Hereford Courtyard Theater's use of an "0870" number...
... It's worse than that in the Netherlands! In the Netherlands where in the US you'd commonly see an 800 "freephone" toll-free number in the Netherlands...
Today, Wednesday 10-September-2008, the CRTC officially approved the proposed overlay of the 613 area code region in southeastern Ontario, with the new 343...
... I had forgotten to mention... over 3-1/2 years ago, in early 2005, I needed to call a UK-based book publisher, and all I could find for contacting them...
While checking the New Mexico PRC (state regulatory) website to see if there is additional info on the 505/575 split as we approach mandatory dialing on Sunday...
... [...] ... Pojoaque is a locality of Santa Fe. The central office serving the area is SNFENMNORS1 (NPA-NXX 505-455). In 2007 there was a dispute between...
... White Rock is just to the south of Los Alamos, and is a suburb of Los Alamos. What's between Los Alamos and Santa Fe are several Indian pueblos. Pojoaque...
... I spoke on the phone today (Friday) with someone from the NM-PRC about the EAS expansion, and he told me that while White Rock NM (Qwest/Mtn.Bell) does...
In today's (Tuesday 23 September 2008) Hartford (CT) Courant, there is an article about the future area code overlays in Connecticut: "State Moving Closer To...
The State of New Mexico had been a single area code, 505, ever since the beginnings of the North American Numbering Plan, "officially" effective on Wednesday...
Trying to get the word out that new NPA/NXX 904-325 has not been loaded in all networks. New exchange for wireless carrier, OCN 5562, CLLI JCVLFLSMX1Y,...
Today, Thursday 16-October-2008, the California Public Utilities Commission voted UNANIMOUSLY (5-0) to reverse their previous April 2008 decision (4-1) for a...
On Thu, 10/16/08, Joey Lindstrom <joey at garynuman dot info> ... Well, as I mentioned in my earlier post, there have been at least three relief plans approved...
... OOPS... make that July 2007 (NOT 2008) when the UT-PSC canceled the previously approved dis-contiguous split, approving the 801/385 overlay (for March...
... WELL, now there *IS* a lot of media coverage! Radio/TV/Newspaper websites, etc. AND the Ca.PUC's website now has documentation, see further down... ... The...
The Oregon Public Utilities Commission today (Tuesday 21-Oct-2008) announced the 541/458 area code OVERLAY for the "rest-of" Oregon, for possibly in March...
Neustar-NANPA has uploaded PL-381 (dated Thursday 23-Oct-2008), to their website, regarding the (now to be) 760/442 area code OVERLAY in southern and...
As many of you have probably already read/heard, CenturyTel is to takeover Embarq (United and Centel). Financial/etc. details are available in numerous press...
In Yahoo:SingingWires (TCI), Roger Conklin wrote in reply to my ... What manufacturer did Central Telephone (or was it still called Middle States Telephone?)...
... Thanks for the info on the payphone history in Des Plaines and Park Ridge IL! It's always interesting to know what models of payphones were/are used by...
Thanks, Roger, for the additional details on Park Ridge and Des Plaines IL. I know that there were some exceptions, where WECO did sell equipment to non-Bell...
This was posted to (Townson's) Telecom Digest earlier today (Tuesday 28-Oct-2008). The announcement also appeared in Monday's (27-Oct-2008) New York Times: ...