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Patrick,

  Several folks have asked for information available in some form
from Bellcore -- and my e-mail to them failed.  Perhaps you could post
this AND include it in FAQ or archive.  Thanks.

To Bob Larribeau at <[e-mail]>, asking for NPA/NXX information:

   Information about which LEC "owns" an NPA/NXX, and lots of other
   data you might want, is in several Bellcore "products".  For example,
   the NPA-NXX V&H Coordinates Tape (primarily for billing) contains the
   OCN (Operating Company Number) for each NXX -- you can translate that
   to an LEC (or equivalent in Canada/Caribbean).

To Richard Cox, who asked for information on the NPA/NXX activity guide:

   I tried to reply, but both <[e-mail]> and
<att!compulink.co.uk!cix.comp> didn't work; SMTP says 'compulink.co.uk'
is unknown.

-----

   So, I've attached a canned response I use for questions about Bellcore,
but the telephone numbers correspond to the normal TR/TA document center.
The NPA/NXX information is maintained by the (somewhat) separate Traffic
Routing Administration (TRA) group, at [phone].

   To complicate matters, there are 3 PUBLIC documents published by
Bellcore's document center, but maintained by the TRA.  These are
available by contacting the document center as described in the attachment.

 - FA20: "Telephone Area Code Directory (TACD) Microfiche"
   Contains all customer-dialable points in the North American Numbering
   Plan with the corresponding NPA.  Issued monthly.   $50

 - TR-EOP-000093: "TACD Paper Report"  As above, issued annually around
   September.  Ordered by State and Locality.  Carrier Identification
   Codes are included.

 - TR-OPT-001843: 800/900 List on Paper, giving company name and telephone
   contact for each NXX assigned with the 800 and 900 codes.  Issued
   quarterly.

  [Call the document HOTLINE in the attachment for prices of paper documents.]


   For all other TRA "products", or information about on-line access to a
database of routing data, contact the TRA Hotline at [phone],
or write to:

   Traffic Routing Administration
   Bell Communications Research, Inc.
   435 South Street, Room 1J321
   Morristown, NJ  07962-1961

  These non-public documents and on-line access require signing a "Terms
and Conditions Agreement" before purchase.  You should ask for a complete
list of products and prices.  Some of the documents do not include Canada.

   Some of the more "common-use" TRA documents are:

 - NPA-NXX Vertical and Horizontal Coordinates Tape (the "V&H Tape")
   is primarily for billing purposes, and lists (for each NXX) the type
   of NXX, major/minor V&H coordinates, LATA Code, the ROA, Time Zone,
   Place Name, OCN (TELCO) and indicators for IDDD and "Non-Dialable".

 - NPA/NXX Activity Guide lists all NPA/NXX codes schedules to be added,
   removed or "modified" (monthly).  There's also an Active Code List
   that lists all NPA/NXX codes that aren't planned to be removed or
   "modified" for the next 6 months.

 - Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG)
   contains information on all USA/Caribbean destinations, switching
   entities, Rate Centers and Localities, Tandem Homing information,
   operator service codes, 800/900 NXX assignments, etc.
   (3 1600 BPI tapes!!!)  Mostly useful to IXCs and other TELCos.


  Good Luck,
  Al Varney     [e-mail]

------ (canned response follows:) -------------------

   Bellcore TAs and other preliminary "advisories" are only available
   by writing:
     Bellcore
     Document Registrar
     445 South Street - Room 2J-125
     P. O. Box 1910
     Morristown, NJ 07962-1910

 TRs and other "standard" documents can be ordered from:
     Bellcore Customer Service
     60 New England Avenue
     Piscataway, NJ 08854-4196

  or by calling the document HOTLINE (menu-monster) at

      1-800-521-CORE  (1-800-521-2673).

    They take AMEX, VISA and MasterCharge, International Money Orders,
    and Checks on US Banks.  If you don't have a document number handy,
    they can send you a catalog of technical documents.

  International calls are on [phone].

   (If you want to order a document, press 2 at the automated greeting.
    If you want to talk to a person about availability, prices, etc,
    press 4 at the automated greeting)

  FAX on [phone].

  If you want to talk to the "pub" folks, or a technical person, the
numbers/addresses are in the front of any TR (and the "Catalog").

Al Varney - the above represents my opinion, and not AT&T's....
         (And I do wish Bellcore paid commissions for these referrals!)