AWL> xxx-xxx is closer to the actual implementation of exchanges...

RS> Nope, xx-xxxx is.

AWL> Not round here mate :-)

RS> Nope.

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

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

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

Nope.

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

Nope.

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

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

--- PQWK202