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- From: lederman@TANEY.USCGHQ.USCG.MIL (B. Z. Lederman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: FCC Wants Comments on Area Codes
- Message-ID: <telecom12.868.2@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 17:50:56 GMT
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- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 868, Message 2 of 8
-
- I don't think I've seen this discussed here, though it ought to be of
- interest.
-
- According to an article on page 29 of the November 9, 1992 issue of
- {Network World}:
-
- "The FCC has kicked off an inquiry into a massive overhaul of the way
- in which telephone numbers are assigned in North America, a change
- that may have a substantial impact on users."
-
- It talks about the limitations of the "1 and 0" limit on area codes,
- that switches have to be re-programmed, that there are few numbers
- reserved for country-wide numbers and that the only such numbers now
- (976, 555, 520) were originally for diagnostic use, and so on.
-
- More important: there are 60 days for users, carriers, and other
- interested parties to offer suggestions and comments.
-
- So keep those cards and letters flowing in!
-
-
- Bart Z. Lederman
- System Resources Corp.
- Burlington, MA (working on contract for the U.S. DOT, hence the mail address).
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: Something seems strange here. The plan to begin
- using area codes with assorted digits in the middle space has been
- known about for years. Did the FCC just now find out about it? Do the
- activities of Bellcore fall under the jurisdiction of the FCC? PAT]
-