Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: NXX Count ( Message-ID: Date: 23 Feb 91 00:36:21 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 151, Message 7 of 8 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu In article , contact!ndallen (Nigel Allen) writes: > > Also, what do you mean by "non-dialable locations in the NANP"? > NANP = North American Numbering Plan ... > 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. Er yes, I know what the NANP is. What I was asking was, what do those numbers have to do with the 88X NPAs that Dave Esan mentioned in his postings? If the non-dialable locations already have "numbers in the usual format" (presumably, undialable numbers in real NPAs), then why move them to 88X? Bob Goudreau +1 919 248 6231 Data General Corporation goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!goudreau Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA