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- Dealing with the Rate & Route Operator
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- It seems that fewer and fewer people have blue boxes
- these days, and that is really too bad. Blue boxes, while not
- all that great for making free calls (since the TPC can tell when
- the call was made, as well as where it was too and from), are
- really a lot of fun to play with. Short of becoming a real live
- TSPS operator, they are about the only way you can really play
- with the network.
-
- For the few of you with blue boxes, here are some phrases
- which may make life easier when dealing with the rate & route
- (R&R) operators. To get the R&R op, you send a KP + 141 + ST.
- In some areas you may need to put another NPA before the 141
- (i.e., KP + 213 + 141 + ST), if you have no local R&R ops.
-
- The R&R operator has a myriad of information, and all it
- takes to get this data is mumbling cryptic phrases. There are
- basically four special phrases to give the R&R ops. They are
- NUMBERS route, DIRECTORY route, OPERATOR route, and PLACE NAME.
-
- To get an R&R an area code for a city, one can call the
- R&R operator and ask for the numbers route. For example, to find
- the area code for Carson City, Nevada, we'd ask the R&R op for
- "Carson City, Nevada, numbers route, please." and get the answer,
- "Right... 702 plus." meaning that 702 plus 7 digits gets us
- there.
- Sometimes directory assistance isn't just NPA + 131. The
- way to get these routings is to call R&R and ask for "Anaheim,
- California, directory route, please." Of course, she'd tell us it
- was 714 plus, which means 714 + 131 gets us the D.A. op there.
- This is sort of pointless example, but I couldn't come up with a
- better one on short notice.
-
- Let's say you wanted to find out how to get to the inward
- operator for Sacremento, California. The first six digits of a
- number in that city will be required (the NPA and an NXX). For
- example, let us use 916 756. We would call R&R, and when the
- operator answered, say, "916 756, operator route, please." The
- operator would say, "916 plus 001 plus." This means that 916
- + 001 + 121 will get you the inward operator for Sacramento. Do
- you know the city which corresponds to 503 640? The R&R operator
- does, and will tell you that it is Hillsboro, Oregon, if you
- sweetly ask for "Place name, 503 640, please."
-
- For example, let's say you need the directory route for
- Sveg, Sweden. Simply call R&R, and ask for, "International,
- Baden, Switzerland. TSPS directory route, please." In response
- to this, you'd get, "Right... Directory to Sveg, Sweden. Country
- code 46 plus 1170." So you'd route yourself to an
- international sender, and send 46 + 1170 to get the D.A. operator
- in Sweden.
-
- Inward operator routings to various countries are
- obtained the same way "International, London, England, TSPS
- inward route, please." and get "Country code 44 plus 121."
- Therefore, 44 plus 121 gets you inward for London.
- Inwards can get you language assitance if you don't speak
- the language. Tell the foreign inward, "United Staes calling.
- Language assitance in completing a call to (called party) at
- (called number)."
- R&R operators are people are people too, y'know. So
- always be polite, make sure use of 'em, and dial with care.
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