GREEN@wharton.upenn.edu (Scott D. Green) (09/18/89)
- Elephone/Telephant: I'm not certain, but it sounds an awful lot like Ogden Nash. - re: Greg Monti's observation of NPA 215. Having just received my new Bell o' PA White Pages and updated my call accounting system to include those exchanges that have recently come into being, I can report the following: - 5 exchanges were added within the City of Philadelphia - 6 were added in the Suburban Philadelphia (Measured Local Usage) area - 8 were added in the Greater-215 (intra-LATA toll) area. It still leaves (apparently) plenty of room for growth, even without going to N0X/N1X prefixes. Here's the list of available exchanges (hang on, it's going to be exciting!): 230 239 240 260 290 292 325 366 392 393 394 396 397 420 421 428 429 442 450 451 454 460 470 475 478 479 490 520 529 530 550 554 558 571 573 575 580 594 599 651 652 654 655 656 658 669 680 695 720 730 731 733 737 738 761 762 764 771 772 773 774 792 798 832 840 850 859 880 882 883 888 890 930 940 954 955 958 960 984 989 That appears to leave us with the ability to add about 800,000 new lines, not including the N0X/N1X. I don't know what the "formula" might be to determine an NPA split, but it looks to me like we've got a ways to go yet. -scott
cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (09/18/89)
I have had some previous messages in the digest at odd times regarding use or non-use of Wilmington (Del.) area prefixes in area code 215. Local calls from Pa. to Del. now require the area code; previously, Chester Heights (Pa.) had 7-digit dialing to Phila. and suburban Phila. and West Chester and (now requiring area code) Wilmington/Newport/Holly Oak (Del.). A recent advertisement I received had 456 prefix in Newark, Del. This duplicates a prefix in Philadelphia. Also, I notice that phone prefixes in Lambertville, Ewing, and Trenton, NJ (all of which have local service into part of area 215 in Pa.) are not dup- licated in area 215.