Okay, I needed to know, so I asked someone who would. Alan Cross, program director of 102.1 The Edge is known to store these kinds of facts in his unusually large brain...
Alan says: Those exchanges are special "high volume" numbers assigned to busiess that receive a lot of phone calls. The phone company installed special circuits to handle sudden, massive volumes of calls so the rest of their system doesn't blow out. They were installed back in the 80s when radio station contests were threatening to disable phone service over wide areas. So there you have it. Probably why they won't give it to you. - Ian On 4/9/06, Ian Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You trying to get the Edge Input line's wrong numbers? > > I've never explored why, but lots of publicised numbers in Toronto are > from the 870 and 872 exchanges. My innitial thought on that is that those > numbers were sold to Toronto media companies in the days before LNP with the > ability to move them around. > > - Ian > > > On 4/9/06, Miroslaw Nawrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On a similar note I am trying to figure out to whom the number 416 872 > > 3342 belongs to as I would like to port it to a sip carrier such as > > Unlimitel. Unfortunately Bell claims it is not theirs and are not able to > > tell me who owns it. The number is not in service. Is there a way to find > > this information? And are there any restrictions for porting to a voip > > carrier. Thanks for any info. > > > > Mirek > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Blake Medulan" > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] LNP regulations > > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:22:56 -0400 > > > > Check out -- http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/public/8180-8.htm > > > > and http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/started/index.html > > > > > > On 4/5/06, Justin Sweeney < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know how to go about registering as a CLEC? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: J De Jesus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:08 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] LNP regulations > > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > > > Yes, if you are moving your DID to a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) but > > > under certain circumstances. > > > For example, you cannot take your DID if you're moving from one local > > > exchange (city) to another local exchange - e.g. you cannot move a > > > Toronto > > > > > > 416 to a Brampton address. But you can port a 416 Toronto number > > > from Bell to Sprint as long as both old and new addresses are in Toronto. > > > You may also port DID's if you're only changing service providers and not > > > changing addresses. > > > > > > You cannot move from wireless to wireline - say a Bell DID to Rogers. > > > (I heard Fido has a way of doing this, not sure). Bell, Telus, Rogers, > > > Sprint are all registered LEC's. It is in the interest of these LEC's to > > > support LNP. > > > > > > Juan > > > > > > >From: "Jim Van Meggelen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: [on-asterisk] LNP regulations > > > >Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 09:25:08 -0400 > > > > > > > >Does anyone know what the current regs in Canada are with respect to > > > >local number portability? > > > > > > > >If I have a DID number, is it required by law that I be allowed to > > > take > > > >that with me if I want to go somewhere else with it? > > > > > > > >Jim > > > > > > > >-- > > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/301 - Release Date: > > > >04/04/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > > > >commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Blake Medulan > > > > Mirek Nawrot > > Senior Partner > > Evolving Networks Inc. > > Tel : 416 848 7533 > > Cell : 416 707 9149 > > > > > > >
