[Asterisk-Users] Local Calling Area database?

[Jon Pounder]

http://www.hwcn.org/link/lca/index.html

I found this when the telco could not even list the ones for me accurately.


>
> On Apr 8, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Steven Sokol wrote:
>>> Is there an easy way to get information about local calling areas out
>>> of telcos?  I'm trying to get a list of area codes and prefixes in my
>>> local calling area out of Verizon, and it looks like they've stopped
>>> providing the information online.  Is there an easy source that I'm
>>> missing, or do I need to call them and have them mail me a copy every
>>> few months?
>>
>> No.  I actually filed a complaint with my ILEC, my PUC and with the
>> FCC, all
>> to no avail.  The response was universally "You can purchase that
>> information from a number of 3rd party sources." Which generally meant
>> TelCordia (evil Belcore) who charges insane amounts for the
>> information.
>>
>> <rant>If you find a source for this, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  Personally I
>> think
>> it should be criminal for them NOT to provide anybody who asks with a
>> list
>> of what is and is not local.  You should be able to ask, in an
>> automated
>> way, before each call.</rant>
>
> Well, I sort of have a source now.  Which is to say, I have a script
> that'll screen-scape a CLEC's website for information for a specified
> number, and then spit out the matching area code/exchange pairs in a
> form suitable for inclusion into a dial plan.  Odds are, the CLEC will
> cut things off eventually, but it works today and seems correct for my
> home phone number, even though I'm not remotely a customer of theirs.
>
> You can grab a copy at
> http://svn.scottstuff.net/project/asterisk-lca-map/.  It's written in
> Ruby, so you'll need to install a ruby interpreter, but there's almost
> certainly one pre-built for whichever Linux distribution you're
> running.
>
>
> Scott
>
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Jon Pounder
Inline Internet Systems Inc.
Thorold, Ontario, Canada

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