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? /\ Dave Shaver -=*=- CS Systems Support Group, Iowa State University \\ UUCP: hplabs!hp-lsd!atanasoff!shaver \/ Internet: shaver@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu [Moderator's Note: Such a list, if it exists, would be hopelessly out of date in a short time.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).