Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: bill@toto.info.com (Bill Cerny) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Equal Access / 800 NXX Assignments Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 00:41:39 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 21 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 175, Message 7 of 13 Moderator's Note: > Remember, AT&T had that service for many years before MCI came on the > scene, and as a result, a very large (lion's share, really) arbitrary > selection of codes assigned by themselves. Following the breakup, > AT&T kept the ones they had and took more as well. PAT] On January 1, 1984, AT&T was providing service on 182 800-NNX's. Bellcore, which took control of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), attempted to "level the playing field" by placing 74 of AT&T's NNX's in moratorium. I learned this recently when a client requested a particular number and was told, "Yes, this is an AT&T prefix, but we can't give you a number with this prefix." When AT&T's non-frozen prefixes are filled, Bellcore will begin releasing frozen prefixes for assignment. I'd like to see a summary of new 800-NXX's in this Digest when Bellcore releases them. Bill Cerny bill@toto.info.com | attmail: !denwa!bill