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From: IZZYAS1@oac.ucla.edu (Andy Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: Zone Maps are Desireable
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In Telecom Digest V. 10 #780 Laird P. Broadfield <lairdb@crash.
cts.com> writes:
 
>I've traveled to a couple of cities (I _think_
>St.  Louis, MO was one) where the telephone book included a one-page
>reference that translated the centrex number to a city map (i.e. you
>want to know what part of the city 234-xxxx is in, so you look in
>the table, and it says "234 ... area 17" so you look at the map, and
>there's a little squiggly shape with 17 marked in it.)
 
Well, Cincinatti Bell (Not part of the old AT&T, and thus never
actually divested) does just that in their directory. They also list a
small number of prefixes right around the river that can be reached
from either the Ohio(513) or Kentucky(606) side without dialing the
area code. I assume they can do this as its all within their LATA.
Rather a nifty service if you ask me ... I don't remember what the
prefixes are, but I wonder if you could reach those numbers from
outside the LATA by dialing either 513- or 606- area codes.
 

     A. Jacobson