braden@lincoln.sw.stratus.com (John Braden) (03/02/90)
The town of New Braintree in Massachusetts has most of its telephones listed with a North Brookfield exchange (508)867-XXXX, but another part of the town which uses a Gilbertville (413)477-XXXX exchange. These are not only separate area codes, but are also separate LATA's. Although both area codes are served by New England Telephone (part of NYNEX), town officials have been unsuccessful in getting the company to do anything about unifying the town's phones into a single area code. I guess NYNEX feels they should be grateful to have dial service instead of hand cranks :-) Since my brother lives there and doesn't have access to the net, I thought I'd ask for some help from your collective wisdom. Is this a common situation nationally? What work would typically be required to fix such a problem? I assume it would be a pre-requisite to being able to provide things like 911 service to the town. How is the timetable for such service upgrades established, and what would help to bring more attention to the matter? You may reply via email or follow up to the moderator if you feel it's of general interest. Thanks! John Braden
msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) (03/05/90)
With the coming 201/908 split looming, several NJ legislators (or maybe it was the US congress?) have either introduced or threatened to introduce legislation which would require that every municipality be entirely in a single area code. This came as a response to several NJ townships being split by the 201/908 boundary. Mark Smith, KNJ2LH All Rights Reserved RPO 1604 You may redistribute this article only if those who P.O. Box 5063 receive it may do so freely. New Brunswick, NJ 08903-5063 msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu
cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (03/05/90)
I recall hearing of adjustments being made in the then-proposed 213/818 border to avoid splitting communities. Notice that 201/908 is currently still future. But the situation you write of in Massachusetts was on the 413/617 boundary (right?), until that part of 617 went into 508.