In the opening scenes of a "Bewitched" (color) episode, "Three Wishes", which originally aired in the US on the ABC Television Network on Thursday...
SUBJECT: 800-N02s/N12s Since 15-Feb-2008 Have Now Been Available for REGULAR Toll-Free Numbers! In my previous post about toll-free SAC 855 and the history of...
... There was never anything "special" about the eight 800-N00 office codes. They have been around MUCH longer than just "several years", having been assigned...
CRTC decision: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-213.htm In this decision, the Commission determines that relief for area codes 289 and 905 is to be...
On April 6, NANPA issued this notice: Title: NC 336 Rate Center Consolidation of SOUTHMONT and WELCOME under LEXINGTON The following rate center consolidation...
On Tue, 4/13/10, Ray <czg.lists at gmail.com> posted the following to ... The CNA's (Canadian Numbering Administator) website has some earlier documents on...
"Washington State Approves Sale of VeriZon Exchange Areas to Frontier" Today, Friday 16-April-2010, the Washington (State) Utilities and Transportation...
Yet ANOTHER at&t/MI-Bell 1AESS to "Bite-the-Dust" ... A notice dated today (Friday 16-April-2010) on the at&t-ILEC webpage for technical/network/etc...
... NANPA advises that this consolidation has been cancelled. No explanation is forthcoming, but Southmont, Welcome, and Lexington all have the same local...
SUBJECT: Illinois Commerce Commission approves sale of VZ (GTE/Contel) to Frontier On Wednesday 21-April-2010, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved...
SUBJECT: Illinois Commerce Commission approves sale of VZ (GTE/Contel) to Frontier ... [ ... ] ... The ICC Press Release has been uploaded to their website,...
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/centurytel-and-qwest-said-close-to-a-merger/ CenturyTel said Thursday that it would acquire Qwest Communications...
... Thanks, Ray... I've been working up a detailed post with some of the history of Qwest and its predecessors, and CenturyLink and its predecessors, and will...
CenturyLink and Qwest agree to merge! Actually, CenturyLink is to buy Qwest in an all-stock transaction, of about (US)$ 22.4 BILLION. There are numerous...
... As if things aren't bad enough at Qwest you can probably expect that the quality of service is going to take a hit just as is the case with Fairpoint...
On Wednesday evening, 28-April-2010, NeuStar-NANPA uploaded the latest issue of their semi-annual NANP and NPA Exhaust Projections, known as the NRUF, Number...
How does a person or business get listed in 411? What company answers when someone dials 411? Can a virtual number get a listing on the dial in 411, or can...
I have some questions re the year of changes in LEC-ownership for the communities in the Las Vegas NV Metro area... Las Vegas "itself" (which includes the...
I happened to stumble upon CNAC's listing of available CO codes for NPA 249, which is the new overlay code for 705 in Central/Northeastern Ontario. It is...
... (The 705/249 overlay is effective in early 2011, though) ... I'm just as mystified as you! (regarding any continued c.o. code protection) ALL of 705 (and...
On Thursday NIGHT, the WV-PSC approved of VeriZon's sale of legacy BOC Bell Atlantic (Chesapeake & Potomoc Telephone) to Frontier. "Details at Eleven!" (I'll...
... There are numerous news/media/press/etc. reports on this, especially from radio/TV/newspaper/etc. websites, which can all be found from doing Google "News"...
... I have a feeling I know why. Party lines. There is probably some sort of technical limitation that prevents the same CO code from being assigned to a...
... There is no technical reason to block the code from use, as there will only be 10 digit dialing available to everyone. The blockage of current EAS NXX's in...
I'm curious about how many distinct local calling areas there are in the US, and I'm not sure how I would figure this out. Suggestions? Thank you! Chris Silker...
Subject: FCC Has Now Approved VeriZon Sale of Most GTE/Contel to Frontier At the moment as I type this, in the 5-pm hour Eastern, Friday 21-May-2010, there...
I have a small typo at the end of a paragraph near the end of the post regarding the FCC's approval today (Friday 21-May-2010) of VeriZon's sale of large areas...
It was pointed out that there were some other potential typos in that paragraph regarding the WV/MD border situation. The typo was not one that would be picked...
In my original posting earlier this Friday afternoon, "FCC Has Now Approved VeriZon Sale of Most GTE/Contel to Frontier", ... And at the present time, there...
