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

[Mark R. Lindsey <lindsey@e-c-group.com>]

On May 18, 2004, at 8:30 AM, Chip Sharp wrote:
> 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.

Each telco's tariffs specify local calling areas: a non-geographic VoIP  
NPA wouldn't be local to anybody, unless the callED party paid the  
charge. Charges for most (all?) of the other non-geographic NPAs are  
charged to the callED party.

(see:  
http://docs.nanpa.com/cgi-bin/npa_reports/nanpa? 
function=list_npa_non_geo for a list.)

The most graceful first-step for a non-geographic NPA intended for  
special access services would be to charge the callED party for all  
calls, like it is with US mobile phones. After all, would you really  
want your VoIP phone number to be local to nobody? Even if it's more  
expensive than normal DLD?

The NPA would not need to be restricted to VoIP, anyway. It could be  
VoYY, where YY = { any packet-based communication system with a  
dynamically-updatable network routing layer }

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Mark R. Lindsey
OSS/CLEC Department, Engineers' Consulting Group

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