Our ISP is exanding into other areas. Where can I find a list of what numbers certain cities can dial locally? We want to get the best location and phone number for the buck. Thanks in advance, John Paul Martin
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, John Paul Martin wrote:
Our ISP is exanding into other areas. Where can I find a list of what numbers certain cities can dial locally? We want to get the best location and phone number for the buck.
i don't see that this is nanog material, unless we want to use it as a springboard to begin complaining about a certain incumbent carrier... however, the answers are easy: *your local phone book should have pages in the front which should list local calling areas, usually with a table of exchanges. *call your local operator by dialing zero, and ask them if, with your calling plan, you can call NXX-1 from NXX-2 toll-free. if s/he says s/he can't tell you that information, ask to talk to their supervisor, because, as the entity billing you for such calls, they should be able to tell you what their billing structure is. (this is the most reliable method.) if anyone knows of a centralized listing, i'd love to see it. this is something that i deal with everyday, and it can be messy. generally we get a table of "this NXX can be dialed toll free from these NXXs" from whomever is providing our virtual NXXs. however, those lists have proved incorrect in the past, and we INSIST that our phone staff tell our customer to check their access number using the above methods. deeann m.m. mikula network administrator telerama internet -- http://www.telerama.com abuse@telerama.com/spam@telerama.com 1.877.688.3200x501
Not that this is of much use to most of you but for Ohio it is published on the PUCO web page at http://www.puc.state.oh.us/pucogis/easmaps/EASMAP.HTM Very useful for figuring out where to put terminal servers. You might try your own state Public Utility Commission - at least in Ohio the local calling area is a regulated function. Mark Radabaugh VP, Amplex (419)833-3635 mark@amplex.net
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of deeann mikula Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 7:53 AM To: John Paul Martin Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Access Numbers [OT]
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, John Paul Martin wrote:
Our ISP is exanding into other areas. Where can I find a list of what numbers certain cities can dial locally? We want to get the best location and phone number for the buck.
i don't see that this is nanog material, unless we want to use it as a springboard to begin complaining about a certain incumbent carrier...
however, the answers are easy:
*your local phone book should have pages in the front which should list local calling areas, usually with a table of exchanges.
*call your local operator by dialing zero, and ask them if, with your calling plan, you can call NXX-1 from NXX-2 toll-free. if s/he says s/he can't tell you that information, ask to talk to their supervisor, because, as the entity billing you for such calls, they should be able to tell you what their billing structure is. (this is the most reliable method.)
if anyone knows of a centralized listing, i'd love to see it. this is something that i deal with everyday, and it can be messy. generally we get a table of "this NXX can be dialed toll free from these NXXs" from whomever is providing our virtual NXXs. however, those lists have proved incorrect in the past, and we INSIST that our phone staff tell our customer to check their access number using the above methods.
deeann m.m. mikula
network administrator telerama internet -- http://www.telerama.com abuse@telerama.com/spam@telerama.com 1.877.688.3200x501
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, deeann mikula wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, John Paul Martin wrote:
Our ISP is exanding into other areas. Where can I find a list of what numbers certain cities can dial locally? We want to get the best location and phone number for the buck.
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if anyone knows of a centralized listing, i'd love to see it. this is something that i deal with everyday, and it can be messy. generally we get a table of "this NXX can be dialed toll free from these NXXs" from whomever is providing our virtual NXXs. however, those lists have proved incorrect in the past, and we INSIST that our phone staff tell our customer to check their access number using the above methods.
Look at the LERG (local exchange routing guide), available from www.trainfo.com, 800$/single issue (monthly snapshot). If there are any cheaper ways to get the LERG, I'd love to hear about them. LERG has each NXX's 'rate center'. Calls within one rate center are local. (I am not sure if it is mandated by FCC or individual PUCs) There are some cases where calls between different NXXs in different rate centers are considered local, but that varies between LECs, and I don't think LERG covers that. -alex
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