<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>No, that's only true in traditional NANPA assignment areas, of which only the hyper-rural remain. In pooling areas (90% of country), LECs and other operators can get thousand blocks directly. LNP-capable switches are also mandatory in those areas as routing is done based on LRN, and every switch to which pooled blocks are homed must have one.<br><br><div>--</div><div>Alex Balashov - Principal</div><div>Evariste Systems LLC</div><div>1170 Peachtree Street</div><div>12th Floor, Suite 1200</div><div>Atlanta, GA 30309</div><div>Tel: +1-678-954-0670</div><div>Fax: +1-404-961-1892</div><div>Web: <a href="http://www.evaristesys.com/"><a href="http://www.evaristesys.com/">http://www.evaristesys.com/</a></a></div></div><div><br>On Jul 15, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Brad Bendy <<a href="mailto:brad.bendy@benganetworks.com">brad.bendy@benganetworks.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Being a *LEC or ICO. The LEC can then assign out 1K blocks to smaller carriers, like cellular, or CLEC, etc.<br>
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On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 11:22 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote:
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<pre><font color="#000000">I know some folks that somehow managed to get the head of a whole </font>
<font color="#000000">10,000 block, e.g. 678-954-0000.</font>
<font color="#000000">What's that called?</font>
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<font color="#000000">Alex Balashov - Principal</font>
<font color="#000000">Evariste Systems LLC</font>
<font color="#000000">1170 Peachtree Street</font>
<font color="#000000">12th Floor, Suite 1200</font>
<font color="#000000">Atlanta, GA 30309</font>
<font color="#000000">Tel: +1-678-954-0670</font>
<font color="#000000">Fax: +1-404-961-1892</font>
<font color="#000000">Web: <a href="http://www.evaristesys.com/"><a href="http://www.evaristesys.com/">http://www.evaristesys.com/</a></a></font>
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