U5434122@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (01/11/90)
The following items cover various subjects; you may respond to whatever item(s) you wish, via email or posting as appropriate... News and notes... (1) Subject: Re: Enterprise Numbers? Zenith Numbers? > [Moderator's Note: Enterprise and Zenith were the same difference. > Believe it or not, there are a few companies still listed in the > Chicago phone book with Enterprise numbers, but they are few and > far between. PT] In Bell Canada territory, there is supposedly a service called Contac which runs like Zenith, but is intended for use by municipal governments. I have yet to see a single Contac number anywhere, however. (2) 416 goes from NNX to NXX As of 1st Dec 89, area 416 customers can use the 1 + 416 + number to call within their own area if they like (as well as previous 1 + number only). As of 1st Mar 90, dialing 1 + 416 + number will be mandatory. (3) multi-LATA/NPA zones I read about the area codes with multiple LATAs; i believe there are LATAs with multiple area codes such as one around Detroit where a LATA covers a bit of northwestern Ohio as well (thus, a multi-state LATA). (4) Phone Piracy Article The latest high-profile news item on phone phreaking can be found in the 7th Jan 90 issue of the _Toronto_Star_, for those of you with access to libraries that carry the _Star_. It begins on the front page. (5) COCOTS Haven't seen any COCOTS in Canada yet, though Bell Canada is trying out a nice card phone. Some day, COCOTS might infect Canada, though it's possible the greater regulatory hurdles up here might alleviate some of the COCOTS problems reported on this newsgroup. (6) 940 service 940 service has been mentioned as an "adult entertainment" service. Here in 416, 940 exchange is assigned as a regular exchange outside of Toronto. 940 is presumably not a universally adopted exchange for special service as 950 or 976 would be; the complications of wrong numbers can arise here... Requests... (6) area code splitting Area code 312 recently split into 312/708 and there's the new 908 code. What will be the next area codes to be assigned, and where? (7) 800/900 exchanges I notice that the 900 area code tends to use N(0/1)X codes such as 200, 410, 909, etc. while I haven't found any of these on 800 service. Are the NXX codes for 900 purposely chosen to be different from anything on the 800 service to avoid confusion? Also, is it possible to get a list of 800 and 900 exchanges (NXXs) and what they do (what cities, functions, which ones are Sprint, MCI, etc)? Please e-mail one (to djcl@contact.uucp) if possible (or it could be posted if there is general interest). (8) 10xxx + codes Does anyone have a list of the 10XXX codes used for alternate carriers? If so, please mail one to me (djcl@contact.uucp), or post the 10XXX list if it has not appeared in the past while. Thanx. || David Leibold....... "Art is anything you can get away with" || djcl@contact.uucp... - Marshall McLuhan