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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 143, Message 9 of 10


In Volume 11, Issue 133, Message 9, goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob
Goudreau) asks:
 
> Also, what do you mean by "non-dialable locations in the NANP"?
 
NANP = North American Numbering Plan, the formal name for the
allocation of area codes. The acronym NPA is a synonym for area code
(or sometimes the area itself).
 
Some remote locations in northern Ontario, northern Quebec and the
Northwest Territories have dial telephone service, but long-distance
calls to those points are (or were) handled by the operator.
 
They have telephone numbers in the usual format, though.