TELECOM Digest     Tue, 10 Jan 95 13:16:00 CST    Volume 15 : Issue 22

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    BA-VA Drops Touch-Tone Charge (Phillip Dampier)
    NPA/NXX Report for January 1995 (David Esan)
    Caller ID Deluxe in N.J. (Phillip Dampier)
    Microwave-Data Problem (Doug H. Kerr)
    Urgent Help Needed With European Phone Systems (Petar Nikic)
    Re: GSM SIM Implementation (Robohn Scott)
    Re: Cell Phone PINs (A. Padgett Peterson)
    Call Unblocking Now Available From US West (Seattle) (Chris 
Osburn)
    ANI Information in Realtime (Eric Essman)
    AT&T MCI and Sprint E-mail Addresses Wanted (Piotr Roman Jarzynka)

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From: phil@rochgte.fidonet.org (Phillip Dampier)
Reply-To: phil@rochgte.fidonet.org
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:03:40
Subject: BA-VA Drops Touch-Tone Charge


           BELL ATLANTIC-VIRGINIA DROPS TOUCH-TONE CHARGE;
              BROADENS OFFERING TO LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS

RICHMOND, VA -- Bell Atlantic-Virginia's telephone bills were reduced
beginning Jan. 1 with the elimination of the charge for Touch-Tone
service, saving customers approximately $23 million a year.

Also, effective Jan. 1, the company expanded the offering of its
low-cost Virginia Universal Service Plan, making it available to all
USDA food stamp recipients.  Both moves were prompted by a order
issued last October by the State Corporation Commission establishing
a new form of regulation for Bell Atlantic.

Residential customers currently pay a monthly fee of 60 cents per line
for Touch-Tone; business customers pay $1.85 per line; larger 
businesses, 
with PBX systems, pay $2.46 for each PBX trunk.

Roughly 90% of the company's two million customers now subscribe to
Touch-Tone.  Technicians are currently converting all of the remaining
rotary lines to Touch-Tone.  Rotary- and pulse-dial phones work on a
Touch-Tone line.

"If a customer wishes to switch from rotary service to Touch-Tone, he
or she needs only to plug in a Touch-Tone phone.  No call to our
business office is necessary," explained Hugh Stallard, Bell Atlantic-
Virginia's president and CEO.

                Virginia Universal Service Plan

The company's expansion of the Virginia Universal Service Plan is
expected to increase the number of customers eligible by roughly 50
percent.

The plan, which the company launched in 1988, is currently offered
only to those eligible for Medicaid. There are some 539,000 Virginians
now receiving Medicaid benefits.  Total food stamp recipients in the
state number over 637,000, some of whom also receive Medicaid.

The Virginia Universal Service Plan (VSUP) provides telephone service
to low-income individuals for $2.50 a month.  Subscribers to this
service are permitted 30 outgoing calls per monthly billing period at
no additional charge.  Every call over 30 is billed at 9.6 cents per
call.  VUSP service does not permit any of the enhanced services such
as call waiting or three-way calling.

Food stamp recipients interested in subscribing to the Virginia Uni-
versal Service Plan should contact the Bell Atlantic business office
for additional details.

Bell Atlantic Corporation, based in Philadelphia, is the parent of
companies which provide a full array of local exchange telecom-
munications services in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.  The corporation is at
the forefront of developing a variety of new products, including
video, entertainment, and information services.

Bell Atlantic also is the parent of one of the nation's largest
cellular carriers and has an ownership position in cellular properties
internationally, including a 42 percent economic interest in Grupo
Iusacell, Mexico's largest independent cellular company.  In addition,
Bell Atlantic owns an interest in Telecom Corporation of New Zealand
and is the parent of companies that provide business systems services
for customer-based information technology throughout the U.S. and
internationally.

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From: de@moscom.com (David Esan)
Subject: NPA/NXX Report For January 1995
Date: 10 Jan 95 16:19:51 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corporation, Pittsford NY


This is my quarterly report on the number of exchanges in each NPA in
the NANP.  It is derived from information in FCC #10.  This is article
#15 in the series.  (Note: I missed the 3rd quarter 1994 article.
Busy busy on a new database, and preparing for the 1995 numbering
changes.)

FCC #10 is a tariff issued by BellCore that contains all the area
codes, exchange combinations in the North American Numbering Plan
(NANP).  It also contains lata information and V&H coordinate
information.  There is a lot of additional information that I don't
use, so I won't add here.  It is available through a number of
sources.  The one closest to the FCC is ITS, which can be contacted at
202-857-3800.  My company compiles this information for use in its
products and does not seem to be interested in selling this
information.  Queries are still flowing through the bureaucracy.

I have used pages that are effective prior to January 20, 1995.  I am
not responsible for the information supplied in FCC #10.

I have not included the following in my counts of exchanges:

  - NXX's that are not dialable by a standard user (ie nxx's that 
begin
    with a 1 or 0).
     
  - Mexican exchanges in the 52? series of area codes.  I've got them,
    you can dial them with 011, but they're not really NPAs.

  - Exchanges that are non-dialable in the 88? series of area codes.  
I've
    got those also, but you can't dial them, so I'm not including 
them.

    Numbers that begin with 88 are nondialable stations in the US, 
Canada and 
    Mexico.  They are ranches in the middle of the Nevada or Texas 
desert,
    or isolated outpost of civilization (always wanted to use that 
phrase) in
    the tundra of Canada.  I find place names like the Bar J Ranch, 
Double B 
    Ranch, and JD Dye, Texas, Amargosa, Corncreek and Reese Valley, 
NV, and 
    Chick Lake, Redknife and Taglu, NT.  I gather they are ringdown 
stations, 
    or radio-telephone stations.  [It has been noted in c.d.t. that at 
least
    two of these numbers are for a bordello on the NV-CA border.]


The fields are:
                        ------------ rank last in July, 1994
       213: 736 (1, 7)
  area code --^^^  ^^^     ^------- number of new exchanges
                    |-------------- total number of exchanges

206: 775 (52,  4)  713: 719 (33,  7)    404: 668 (61, 19)   212: 653 
(11, 10)
205: 764 (24,  1)  703: 679 (15,  8)    503: 666 (46, 17)   214: 652 
(45, 20)
602: 753 (41,  6)  813: 673 (13, 11)    615: 660 (32, 12)   314: 639 
(34, 22)
215: 735 ( 9,  3)  303: 671 (28,  9)    216: 657 (34, 14)   203: 630 
(46, 25)
708: 732 (17,  5)  803: 669 (47, 15)    305: 653 (42, 18)   604: 623 (-
1, 13)


1. 206 - split is in progress.  Number should be reduced by split.
2. 205 - split is in progress.  Number should be reduced by split.
3. 602 - split is planned.      Number should be reduced by split.
4. 215 - split is in progress.  Number should be reduced by split.
5. 708 - split is in progress.  Number should be reduced by split.

6. 713 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.
7. 703 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.
8. 813 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.
9. 303 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.

11. 404 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.
13. 615 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.
15. 305 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.
19. 203 - split is planned.  Number should be reduced by split.

Note: The Los Angeles Area (213/818/310) area will receive an overlay 
area
      code.  While none of these NPAs are in the top 20 this is an 
area of
      rapid telephone growth.  There is also at least one split (the 
Bahamas)
      in the 809 area code, and perhaps a second (Puerto Rico).

->  The NPA that is largest and is not splitting nor has plans, at 
this time,
    to split, is 803.

->   The 3 smallest NPA's remain the same

      413: 143 - Western Massachusetts  (+6 exchange)
      906: 117 - Michigan's Upper Peninsula (no change)
      807: 109 - Western Ontario (+1 exchange)


->   The NPAs with the greatest growth rates are:

  NPA   % growth

         917   26.73
         810   11.46
         910   10.83
         404   10.04
         508    8.79
         816    8.63
         312    8.02
         919    7.92
         210    7.74
         408    7.60

->   The 10 NPAs with the least growth rates are:

  NPA   % growth
         807      0
         418      0
         316      0
         306      0
         304      0
         604     -0.16
         204     -0.27
         802     -1.06
         706     -6.29
         313    -43.51

-> There are 70 NPAs (48% of the total) that have exchanges that are 
in the 
   x00 to x19 range.  They are:

         201   214     314       503 615   714     818
         202   215     317       506 616   718     903
         203   216     334       510 619   803     904
         204   301     360       512 630   805     905
         205   303     404       517 703   808     908
         206   305     407       519 704   809     909
         209   306     408       602 706   810     910
         210   310     410       609 707   813     916
         212   312     415       610 708   816     917
         213   313     416       612 713   817     919

-> Just for grins:

   The most used NXX (not counting 555) is 754 used in 122 npas.

   The least used are:
        211 and 311 used only in 212, and 959 used only in 808.

I should note here that these are exchanges that are truly in use, not 
for
special calling, but in general day to day use.  

All the NPAs and the number of nxx's in each are listed below:

206: 775  612: 616  818: 493  810: 418 605: 373  819: 317  806: 268
205: 764  904: 612  407: 493  504: 418 418: 371  610: 312  709: 268
602: 753  501: 602  410: 488  301: 415 805: 369  613: 311  608: 265
215: 735  809: 592  412: 481  313: 414 207: 365  218: 310  706: 262
708: 732  312: 592  614: 478  801: 413 505: 363  202: 308  603: 259
713: 719  310: 592  913: 472  219: 408 419: 361  334: 307  917: 256
703: 679  619: 586  508: 470  213: 407 204: 359  808: 303  417: 229
813: 673  817: 568  601: 466  914: 401 618: 358  606: 300  308: 219
303: 671  804: 566  415: 462  908: 401 517: 356  903: 298  707: 211
803: 669  405: 565  515: 461  316: 401 319: 354  812: 295  719: 209
404: 668  717: 543  516: 458  502: 400 304: 353  712: 294  630: 196
503: 666  816: 541  306: 458  408: 396 702: 351  518: 292  307: 194
615: 660  414: 523  402: 451  919: 395 609: 344  360: 290  506: 188
216: 657  514: 520  714: 450  406: 394 915: 337  315: 287  802: 185
305: 653  317: 517  416: 442  512: 390 909: 334  507: 283  607: 183
212: 653  718: 511  910: 440  510: 389 409: 334  705: 282  401: 160
214: 652  513: 510  716: 439  318: 389 208: 334  902: 281  302: 146
314: 639  916: 504  209: 428  912: 384 905: 333  814: 278  413: 143
203: 630  201: 503  704: 424  701: 383 815: 333  901: 274  906: 117
604: 623  617: 501  616: 423  217: 381 918: 325  509: 271  807: 109
403: 622  210: 501  907: 421  519: 376 715: 325  309: 270


David Esan      de@moscom.com  

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From: phil@rochgte.fidonet.org (Phillip Dampier)
Reply-To: phil@rochgte.fidonet.org
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:03:53
Subject: Caller ID Deluxe in N.J.


               BELL ATLANTIC PLANS NEW CALLER ID SERVICE

Newark, N.J. -- Bell Atlantic customers in New Jersey will be able to
see both the telephone number and name of the person calling with a
new Caller ID service the company proposed December 30th.

If approved by the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU), Caller ID
Deluxe could be available early next year to residential and business
customers in areas equipped for the service.

"Caller ID Deluxe offers our customers a better way to manage their
calls and to achieve an added sense of security," said Dennis Bone,
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey vice president-externally affairs.  "In our
customer research, nearly 100 percent of customers said that the
ability to see the phone number and names of callers is a valuable
feature for them."

The customer research was done by Bell Atlantic in Richmond, Virginia,
where the company conducted a successful trial of Caller ID Deluxe.
Statewide introduction of the service began in Virginia in August
(1994) and it subsequently was introduced in the Bell Atlantic
territory in Maryland, and West Virginia.  Nationally, a total of 24
states now offer Caller ID Deluxe.

Caller ID Deluxe displays the name as it appears on a residential
customer's telephone account, not necessarily as it appears in the
Bell Atlantic telephone directory, up to 15 characters, with the last
name appearing first.  For example, a call from the John Doe household
may show, "Dow John."  The Doe telephone number also would be dis-
played.  If no one answers when the call comes in, the Dow name and
number could be held in memory and accessed later.  The names and
phone numbers of businesses will be displayed as they appear in the
white pages of their Bell Atlantic telephone directories.

The proposed monthly charge for the new service is $7.50 per month for
residential and $9.50 for business customers.  Customers also need a
display unit that is capable of displaying a name and telephone 
number.
The units may be purchased from a Bell Atlantic affiliate or from a
number of other retailers.  Display unit prices range from about $35
for a basic unit to about $120 for one built into the telephone.

Bell Atlantic-New Jersey was the first company in the country to offer
Caller ID statewide beginning in 1988 after a one-year trial.  The
company will continue to offer regular Caller ID that displays the in-
coming caller's telephone number and costs $6.50 per month for resi-
dential and $8.50 per month for business customers.

Those who do not want their name or phone number shown on a Caller ID
or Caller ID Deluxe display unit can elect, at no charge, to have
their information blocked from going forward to the called party.  To
activate Per Call Blocking, customers dial *67 on a Touch-Tone phone
or 1167 on a rotary phone prior to placing each call.

Those who do not want to receive calls from people who have activated
Per Call Blocking may elect to use Anonymous Call Rejection.  It's
available automatically to Caller ID customers and also would be
avail- able to Caller ID Deluxe customers under the company's
proposal.  To activate it, Touch-Tone users dial *77 and rotary users
dial 1177.  It can be deactivated by dialing *87 and 1187.

Bell Atlantic Corporation, based in Philadelphia, is the parent of
companies that provide a full array of local exchange telecom-
munication services in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.  The corporation is at
the forefront of developing a variety of new products, including
video, entertainment and information services.

Bell Atlantic also is the parent of one of the nation's largest
cellular carriers and has an ownership position in cellular properties
internationally, including a 42 percent economic interest in Grupo
Iusacell, Mexico's largest independent cellular company.  In addition,
Bell Atlantic owns an interest in Telecom Corporation of New Zealand
and is the parent of companies that provide business systems services
for customer-based information technology throughout the U.S. and
internationally.



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From: Doug H. Kerr <DHKERR@PCAD-ML.ACTX.EDU>
Organization: Amarillo College PCAD-ML
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:28:33 GMT-6
Subject: Microwave-Data Problem


I'm having a problem here at our college with a remote site which I
connect via microwave. We have two NEC 2400 connected and also use a
data channel off the T-1 for our router which connects our lans. I
have not had any problems with my telephones but the lan has had
severe problems. Here lies the problem: the data people say it's the
microwave or T-1. I run a data channel also that is used for a CCIS 
link
between switches and have no problems with this so I assume it is not
in the micro or T-1. How can you prove the origin of the problem, or
monitor the system without the high cost test equipment?

Thanks.

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From: petar@trance.helix.net (Petar Nikic)
Subject: Urgent Help Needed With European Phone Systems
Date: 10 Jan 1995 08:30:33 GMT
Organization: Helix Internet


What should I do to make a cordless phone work in Europe? I bought it
in Canada. There are two problems with the plugs: the phone plug and
the plug for the recharger. Both of them are different than those
which Europeans use.

I am sure that somebody else has been faced with these problems. So, I
would appreciate any help.

I am leaving tomorrow night, so please respond ASAP.


Thanks,

Petar

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From: Robohn Scott <robohns@bah.com>
Subject: Re: GSM SIM Implementation
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 08:27:00 PST


In article <telecom15.20.14@eecs.nwu.edu>, tholome@dialup.francenet.fr
(Eric Tholome) wrote:

> GSM solves the problem of two phones (or more) for one line in a 
very nice
> way: the subscriber identity is totally separated from the terminal: 
it is
> located on a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card.  This way, you 
can
> have as many phones as you mant and still have one single phone 
number:
> simply plug your card in whatever phone you intend to use! You may 
even 
> plug your card in somebody else's phone, or in a rented car phone, 
for 
> instance. 

> Very convenient, indeed. Of course, the terminal still has an 
identity, and,
> if reported stolen, can be blocked by the carrier, no matter who is 
using 
> it. And thanks to sophisticated algorithms, it is not easy to steal 
airtime 
> by mimicking a SIM card (at least that's we're all being told!).

Does anyone know how the SIM is implemented (i.e., PCMCIA card, SIMM, 
some 
other standards-based approach, or proprietary?)  How much information 
is 
actually stored on it?  Have there been any problems with it in 
practice?

How long has the SIM been available commercially?


Scott Robohn     Booz, Allen & Hamilton     robohns@bah.com

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 08:33:33 -0500
From: padgett@tccslr.dnet.mmc.com (A. Padgett Peterson)
Subject: Re: Cell Phone PINs


Mark Smith    Mercerville, NJ writes:

> BEDMINSTER, NJ, AND ORANGEBURG, NY -- Two of the nation's largest
> wireless carriers are teaming up in a unique program to prevent 
their
> customers from being victimized by criminals who steal cellular
> service.

> The new effort combines a Personal Identification Number (PIN) code
> system recently pioneered by NYNEX Mobile Communications in New York
> City with a new Fraud Protection Zone technique developed by Bell
> Atlantic Mobile.

Sorry but I seem to be missing something here. If the PIN is sent in
the clear then anyone grabbing the cell phone number off the air will
also get the PIN.
     
> In the rare instance that they are cloned, customers only need to 
call
> their home carrier and receive a new PIN to restore service.  

Oh, I see, once a phone is compromised, and the customer gets the
bill, they can change the PIN and start all over again. True the
customer could deactivate/change the PIN daily (hourly?) but how many
will?  How fast can the cloners react?

Then we have the problem of "customers" calling up to report a problem
and asking to change the PIN -- but how will the Telco know who is
calling?  AH! They will need a PIN to change their PIN 8*).

> By contrast, customers not using PINs must bring their phones back 
to a
> carrier or dealer for a new phone number, notify business associates
> and friends of the number change, or even modify business cards and
> stationery.

Don't understand the last part, the ESN is what needs to change, not
the phone number, guess someone does not understand the difference.
This is from a telco press release?

> Why don't they start spending the money they spent on ECPA lobbying 
to
> invent a more secure system?!?!?!?

There are several means already available but since most involve some
form of encryption they seem to be too dangerous for the public to
have. With the PIN, the carriers can say they have done *something*.


Cooly,

Padgett 

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From: Chris Osburn <chriso@asymetrix.com>
Subject: Call Unblocking Now Available From US West (Seattle)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 09:06:00 PST


Hooray for Pacific Northwest Bell, er, I mean US West (sigh).

Last year when Caller ID was made available here, I immediately signed
up for line blocking.  The down side I had to accept was that my call
would be refused by someone who didn't feel like taking a call from a
faceless stranger.

Starting 1 January 1995, US West tackled the problem with a (free!) 
call 
unblocking feature.  I can dial *82 before the number and allow myself 
to be 
announced to the recipient when I feel the need.

Kudos to US West for this feature.  (Now I have to make sure it 
works....)


cheers!

Chris Osburn, chriso@asymetrix.com 
Seattle, Washington, USA           
ICBM: 47 42 58 N  122 16 41 W      

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Date: 10 Jan 95 09:57:42 EST
From: ESSMAN <74656.557@compuserve.com>
Subject: ANI Information in Realtime


I currently have 800 service through AT&T and I receive ANI
information with my bill once per month.  I'd like to receive the ANI
info real-time but no one at AT&T seems to know what I'm talking
about.  They keep asking me to go back to NYNEX to get Caller ID.
When I explain that Caller ID and ANI are two different things, that's
when the fun really starts.  Anyone out there have any suggestions?


Thanks,

Eric Essman


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Even though ANI and Caller-ID are two
separate things, the end result -- the number produced for your review 
--
is as often as not the same. With this in mind, at least one carrier
providing 800 service *does* display in realtime the ANI of the 
calling
party via the Caller-ID display unit. I've forgotten which company it
is ... someone remind me. Maybe what AT&T is trying to tell you is 
that
if you get Caller-ID from NYNEX you'll get the information you are 
seeking. Maybe ... I don't know. Maybe they are trying to say if you
get a Calelr-ID display unit from someone, they (AT&T) will be in a
position to send you the information. Any other guesses on this, 
anyone?  PAT]

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From: prj1@doc.ic.ac.uk (Piotr Roman Jarzynka)
Subject: At&T MCI and Sprint E-mail Addresses Wanted
Date: 10 Jan 1995 15:15:25 -0000
Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, University of 
London, UK.
Reply-To: prj1@doc.ic.ac.uk (Piotr Roman Jarzynka)


I'm looking for the AT&T, MCI, and Sprint e-mail addresses.


Thanks a lot,

prj1@doc.ic.ac.uk


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, considering all three of them run
huge email networks of their own it should not be too hard to find out
how to reach them. You might try 'postmaster@' att.com, mcimail.com 
and
sprint.com for starters. You did not say what department, location or
person you were seeking and that is going to be needed to properly 
send
your mail.   PAT]

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