AWL> Not round here mate :-)

RS> Nope.

AWL> Rod, Those (few) exchange groups that have any remote 
AWL> connection to geographic regions in this area are broken up 
AWL> into blocks of 1000 or 100.

RS> Yep, just because of the geographical stuff about where you 
RS> have to put one of those tiny RSS or whatevers. Nothing to 
RS> do with actual implementations of exchanges in practice, 
RS> they arent technically separate exchanges most of the time 
RS> even if they are physically discrete. Thats just a packaging 
RS> issue.

Not round here mate. Chasging over to a more unified structure is the
holdup on us getting Optus.

AWL> All of the 076 30x stuff is like that,

RS> Nope.

Rod, half of it is still partialy mechanical. (They are getting rid of the
step by step stuff, but they are taking their damned time about it.)

AWL> And the 076 38x also seems to be.

RS> Nope.

Ah! I should have guessed, you have inside information I don't have.

AWL> The other stuff is all over the place, with no simple way 
AWL> of telling what part of Toowoomba a particular number is in 
AWL> (with the exception of 35xxxx which is all S/SE side of 
AWL> town).

RS> Yep, the more modern the exchange technology, the less 
RS> there is much correlation between number and physical 
RS> location.

Been that way in Toowoomba from the early 70s. It is getting better with
the introduction of modern equipment, not worse...
...Alex.
(Pagan & Proud)

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