[comp.dcom.telecom] Area code and NNX pairs?

shaver@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Dave Shaver) (01/07/89)

This maybe a silly question, but here goes anyway:  I'm looking for
Area Code/NNX pairs.  BSD UNIX(tm) (probably other versions, too) comes
with an Area Codes database as part of the quiz(6) program.  I use the
csh alias:

	alias whereac "grep </usr/games/lib/quiz.k/areas"

to return information on Area Codes.  So, it works like this:

% whereac 515
515:central iowa|IA:des moines
% whereac 503
503:oregon|OR:

What I'd like is a listing that has the NNX's listed.  So I can say
that 515/255 is Des Moines, while 515/964 is Ankeny and 503/645 is
Beaverton, OR, etc.

Does anyone have an Area Code and NNX list?

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[Moderator's Note: Such a list, if it exists, would be hopelessly out of
date in a short time. New prefixes are constantly being opened up. Rather
than try to maintain such a list for myself, when I want to know the name
of a town associated with a certain prefix, I use AT&T's 'name place'
service. Just call any AT&T operator (10288-0) and ask, "Give me the
name place for ACC-XYZ". She will ring the rate/route bureau in Morris, IL
(815-181 in case you are interested) and will ask them. It will take all
of thirty seconds or so. And it is totally free.   P. Townson]

cmoore@BRL.MIL (VLD/VMB) (01/09/89)

A while back, I received an area code program written in C.  It has a
few updates from me, mainly for new areacodes added in 1988.

As for NNX (or NXX, if the area in question has N0X/N1X prefixes),
you could check on the AT&T V&H tape via AT&T Long Lines.  As the
Telecom moderator states, this is subject to rapid updates (not to
mention having a LOT of information to begin with).