"I wonder how many more phone numbers they'd get if they dropped the archaic geographic assignment of prefixes. Maybe they already have with the latest new area codes that are popping up all over." According to: http://docs.nanpa.com/cgi-bin/npa_reports/nanpa?function=list_npa_non_geo there are only 13 "Non-geographic NPA's in service" as of 11/22/2002 456 Inbound International 500 Personal Communication Service 600 Canadian Services 700 Interexchange Carrier Services 710 US Government 800 Toll-Free 866 Toll-Free 877 Toll-Free 880 Paid Toll-Free Service 881 Paid Toll-Free Service 882 Paid Toll-Free Service 888 Toll-Free 900 Premium Services - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There have been several "Number Portability" (one person - one phone line regardless of physical location) deadlines that have been repeatedly 'moved out' by the FCC at the request of the 'carriers' ... one day, maybe, this will become a reality ... RF Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spehro Pefhany" To: Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: US telephone prefix locator > At 06:07 AM 11/25/02 -0500, you wrote: > >You are correct. We can do a "reverse DNS lookup" and get the street > >address given the phone number. > > Sometimes. ;-) Not all phone numbers are in the databases, not by a long > shot. > > I wonder how many more phone numbers they'd get if they dropped the archaic > geographic assignment of prefixes. Maybe they already have with the latest > new area codes that are popping up all over. > > Best regards, > > Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.