[asterisk-biz] NPA-NXX to City, State Database

[Bill Michaelson]

You are running away with my example unreasonably. It's just a question 
of whether to raise an eyebrow.

The supplemental question, as you have ably demonstrated with your Texas 
comment, is whether the information is worth anything at all. I maintain 
that when it is available and relevant, precision is desirable.

That's what I was saying.

Nitzan Kon wrote:
> So what you're saying is - if you owned a pizzeria in Port Richmond,
> but someone called you from a cellphone indicating NYC (or out of state
> for that matter), you wouldn't deliver? (of course you would, you'd
> just be more cautious about it the first time they call)
>
> While I understand your logic, as an end user I don't really care if my
> phone number is of use to a local pizzeria or not. While living in
> Queens I've made countless local orders with a cellphone based in Texas
> and VoIP numbers based in Manhattan. Sure, businesses you call raise an
> eyebrow, but none of them make a big deal out of it. (either way, in
> the coming years they'll have to get used to all sorts of phone numbers
> anyway as VoIP gets more popular...)
>
> --- Bill Michaelson <bill at cosi.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> It is just you. If you operated a pizzeria in Port Richmond, and an 
>> incoming call indicated Mariners Harbor, you would be prepared to
>> make a 
>> delivery. If it was from Chelsea, you would not. And if it indicated 
>> NYC, you would consider that info almost useless.
>>
>> Nitzan Kon wrote:
>>     
>>> Maybe it's just me, but if it's 212, 347, or 646 - as a consumer I
>>> don't really care where the LATA is physically located. It's all
>>>       
>> "NYC"
>>     
>>> in my book. ;)
>>>
>>>   -- Nitzan
>>>
>>>
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