jdominey@bsga05.attmail.com (02/27/91)
In issue #159 our Moderator made a small slip: >> If AT&T did install an 800 number I can guarentee you the same people who >> now block 10xxx would figure out a way to block 800-ATT-#### or else >> tack a tidy surcharge on for themselves. PAT] For reasons best known to Bellcore, I suppose, the 288 NXX for 800 service was assigned to MCI! Presumably the same reasoning assigned 624 to AT&T. I have to wonder, though, how MCI got custody of 333, 444, 666, 777, 888, and 999. Anyone have the inside story on how these numbers are doled out? And on a related topic, what's the current status of efforts to make 800 numbers 'portable' from one interexchange carrier to another? Jack Dominey AT&T Commercial Marketing, Tucker GA voice: 404-496-6925 AT&T Mail: !dominey [Moderator's Note: AT&T had 800-624 a long time before MCI got 800-288. Bellcore hands out *what is left* of the unused 800 prefixes. Remember, AT&T had that service for many years before MCI came on the scene, and as a result, a very large (lion's share, really) arbitrary selection of codes assigned by themselves. Following the breakup, AT&T kept the ones they had and took more as well. PAT]
bill@toto.info.com (Bill Cerny) (03/03/91)
Moderator's Note: > Remember, AT&T had that service for many years before MCI came on the > scene, and as a result, a very large (lion's share, really) arbitrary > selection of codes assigned by themselves. Following the breakup, > AT&T kept the ones they had and took more as well. PAT] On January 1, 1984, AT&T was providing service on 182 800-NNX's. Bellcore, which took control of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), attempted to "level the playing field" by placing 74 of AT&T's NNX's in moratorium. I learned this recently when a client requested a particular number and was told, "Yes, this is an AT&T prefix, but we can't give you a number with this prefix." When AT&T's non-frozen prefixes are filled, Bellcore will begin releasing frozen prefixes for assignment. I'd like to see a summary of new 800-NXX's in this Digest when Bellcore releases them. Bill Cerny bill@toto.info.com | attmail: !denwa!bill