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From: braden@lincoln.sw.stratus.com (John Braden)
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Subject: Towns Split by LATA Lines
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Date: 1 Mar 90 23:31:14 GMT
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The town of New Braintree in Massachusetts has most of its telephones
listed with a North Brookfield exchange (508)867-XXXX, but another
part of the town which uses a Gilbertville (413)477-XXXX exchange.
These are not only separate area codes, but are also separate LATA's.
Although both area codes are served by New England Telephone (part of
NYNEX), town officials have been unsuccessful in getting the company
to do anything about unifying the town's phones into a single area
code. I guess NYNEX feels they should be grateful to have dial
service instead of hand cranks :-) 

Since my brother lives there and doesn't have access to the net, I
thought I'd ask for some help from your collective wisdom.  Is this a
common situation nationally?  What work would typically be required to
fix such a problem?  I assume it would be a pre-requisite to being
able to provide things like 911 service to the town.  How is the
timetable for such service upgrades established, and what would help
to bring more attention to the matter?  You may reply via email or
follow up to the moderator if you feel it's of general interest.
Thanks!

						John Braden