cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (08/13/89)
It has come to my attention that there are 2 widely-separated phone exchange areas in Texas which have the same place name (Buffalo). One corresponds to the post office Buffalo 75831, and the other is a suburb of Houston.
greg@cs.utexas.edu (Greg Hackney) (08/15/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0294m03@vector.dallas.tx.us> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: >It has come to my attention that there are 2 widely-separated phone >exchange areas in Texas which have the same place name (Buffalo). >One corresponds to the post office Buffalo 75831, and the other >is a suburb of Houston. If memory serves, the 497 exchange in Houston was formerly called Buffalo, and is now called Gypsy 7. And the 498 exchange, Alief, Texas, is called Gypsy 8. -- Greg
peter@uunet.uu.net (08/17/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0298m11@vector.dallas.tx.us>, moxie!greg@cs.utexas.edu (Greg Hackney) writes: > If memory serves, the 497 exchange in Houston was formerly called > Buffalo, and is now called Gypsy 7. And the 498 exchange, Alief, Texas, > is called Gypsy 8. I'm in the 497 exchange, and as far as I know it's still called "Buffalo". At least that's what I see listed as the originating area on the LD section of my bill. I'll ask my in-laws in the 498 exchange what they get. Let's see... according to my 89/90 phone book, Buffalo consists of the following prefixes: 293, 493, 496, 497, 531, 556, 558, 584, 596, 870. THe 498 prefix is in the Alief exchange, along with: 495, 530, 561, 568, 575, 879, 933. Just for reference, the 666 prefix is in the Mohawk exchange. Amusing. --- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "The sentence I am now Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | writing is the sentence Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | you are now reading"
myerston@cts.sri.com (08/19/89)
Maybe EVERYBODY is right. What is Central Office is called depends
largely on who you talk to and what you are talking about. Some
(maybe not all) variations:
o Base/Control Group. What the engineers call it. Used to be
assigned by Western Electric. Base unique to location,
control group to switching entity. Form XXXX-CX as in
6A97-C4 equals a 1AESS in LA Grand (see below)
o Common Language ID. A combination of the place name
contracted (they spell out how) and, if necessary, a number.
PLALCA02 equals Palo Alto, California 02. I >think< that
this is where the billing location comes from.
o Street Address. Used mostly by sales and support people and
those who work there. 666 Howard is an example.
o The old exchange name like CEDAR 2 or whatever. Popularly
used by oldtimers for oldtime offices. The modern equivalent
of just the NXX is seldom used since modern machines can
support multiple 10K groups with unrelated NXX codes.
Maybe there are still more variations out there.