Re: Getting NANPA to designate a non-geographic area code?

[Chip Sharp <chsharp@cisco.com>]

At 08:59 PM 5/17/2004, Michael Robertson wrote:
> What suggestions does this group have for getting NANPA to designate a 
> non-geographic area code so that voip companies could request numbers.
...snip...

Some VoIP companies seem to be able to get NANP numbers already.  In 
addition, the number subscribers get might or might not have a relation to 
their geographic location.  So it seems there is already a movement of 
geographic area codes to lose their geographic semantics.  Mobile phones 
can also have this characteristic.  It is likely that without regulatory 
intervention, Area Codes (and Country Codes for that matter) might lose all 
geographic meaning.

So while allocating a non-geographic Area Code might make life easier now, 
it is likely that all Area Codes will become non-geographic over time 
(without regulatory intervention).

BTW, http://www.nanpa.com/number_resource_info/500_codes.html


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