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From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
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Subject: Re: How Are Inter-LATA Calls in the Same Area Code Handled?
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Date: 5 Jan 90 17:02:19 GMT
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In article <2600@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write:

>Yes, most NPA's have more than one lata in them.  As a matter of fact,
>according to my last search 99 NPA's have more than one lata.  They are:

There's something wrong with this search algorithm. Looking at the
list, I see 403, 613, 705, 807, 819 and 902 which are in Canada.  706
and 905 are pseudo-area codes for Tijuana and Mexico City which are
being phased out in favor of 011 5266 and 011 525.  809 is the odd
area code for most of the Carribean (although I have no idea whether
equal access is supposed to apply to Puerto Rico and the USVI, the two
American pieces of 809.)  Within the US, some of the ones look wrong.
The last time I looked, Utah (801) was one LATA possibly except for
some little independent telcos around the edge.  203 is mostly served
by SNET, a non-Bell telco, except for Greenwich which is New York
Tel's -- I don't know whether toll calls between Greenwich and other
parts of Connecticut are carried by SNET or inter-lata carriers.

But actually, I was really wondering if most multi-lata NPAs have
something like 1+number for interlata calls or if it's like 609 where
you dial everything with 7 digits and can't really tell until the bill
comes who carried it.


Regards,
John Levine, johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl