Bell Canada has identifed the ratecenter, switch-CLLIs, and effective dates for the 226 and 438 NPA test numbers' c.o.codes. The official dates of overlay,...
... (SNIP) ... In my earlier post, I had forgotten to mention... A TYPICAL Canadian embedded CLLI ERROR !!! Note that both switch-CLLIs end as CG(x). But also...
It's official -- the new name for Sprint-(Nextel)'s ILEC operations being spun-off, will be named Embarq -- yet another "cutesie" (cutesey?) name replacing a...
I happened to come across this item in a recent issue of TD (townson's digest)... ... Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:53:14 -0500 From: Marcus Didius Falco...
Regarding the new "Embarq" name for Sprint-(Nextel)'s ILEC operations being "spun-off"... yeah, I agree with what some have replied... mostly in the Yahoo- ...
I have established landline service here in Lafayette LA, with BellSouth, served out of the "Lafayette-Vermillion" 1AESS (337-98x, which I call YUkon-x, even...
In my post a few days ago about the Park Esplanade Apartments in New Orleans, at Esplanade Ave at Moss Street (Bayou St.John/City Park), I mentioned how these...
... Well, I either mis-dialed on Sunday night, or else Sprint-LD isn't always consistant in the type of recording that they are playing. On Sunday night, when...
The 812 Area Code for the southern third of Indiana is re-opening area code Relief Planning. NANPA had opened up NPA Relief Planning for 812 a few years back,...
Hi folks, I have a question that I hope someone in the group can answer for me. According to Verizon (MCI) the first digit of the last four is used sometimes...
I suspect that at one time that was correct, but now, at least in Illinois, that may no longer be true, since they are sub-allocating by thousands now. Some...
There was SOME truth in the "good old days" where Bell and some independents would assign a linegroup or more to prepay coin phones, but the range varied from...
... Historically 9XXX indicated a pay station. In many communities the 9 level was "official" i.e. it was used for Telco use. In New England the telco...
... Traditionally, telcos in the US/Canada tried to put (most) payphones in the -9xxx (or -8xxx) thousands, and most assigned numbers in the -9xxx (or -8xxx)...
I had a chance to visit the State Library of Louisiana in Baton Rouge (the state capital) for about 90 minutes this Friday morning. I'm going to be making...
I made another trip to Baton Route this Monday morning, to the Louisiana State Library, to research the old telephone directories... As I have time and get...
Back in October, when I first arrived in New Iberia LA, I did a study of their telephone/exchange history from the back issues of the New Iberia Southern Bell...
Thanks to all who replied. I really appreciate it. -Luis. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
Thanks to all who replied. I really appreciate it. -Luis. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
About a week ago, I was informed (Thanks, Reynolds!) that there was an item on ebay for sale, a card of peel-off-stickers for dial-center number-card...
... Toll-free numbers do not always point to a POTS number. You can have dedicated in WATS trunks though that's less and less the case since toll-free is...
Last week, on Tuesday 21 February 2006, I posted the following info on St.Martinville LA (BellSouth), the Parish Seat of St.Martin Parish, in a posting titled...
The ratecenters and switch-CLLIs have mostly now been identified for the test-numbers for the three major ILEC/CLECs providing service in the 519/ON (being...
The use of the name "Breaux Bridge Telephone Company" was retained in the alphabetical listings, at least into the 1970s-era... but the official name of the...
The 616/906 area code split, where the Michigan Upper Peninsula was split off from 616 (the area code for the west coast for Michigan's mainland) took place in...
"Pasted" below is the text from a recent Nebraska PSC Press Release on how the life of area code 402 is being extended until 2010.... I also wonder what was...