Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: ab4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Boardman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: NNX-0000 Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 89 14:53:47 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Columbia University Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 239, message 7 of 11 In article Kent writes: >Why are NNX-0000 (I hope I have the N's and X's straight) numbers so >rare? In New York, at least until recently, calling this number on many exchanges would tell you what kind of machinery the exchange was running on. I have also noted recently (although down in C&P territory) regular subscriber numbers in the NNX-99XX range, which also used to be generally inviolable. /a