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 to
AWL> geographic regions in this area are broken up into blocks of 1000 or
AWL> 100.

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

AWL> Not round here mate.

Yes, around there mate.

AWL> Chasging over to a more unified structure is the holdup on us getting
AWL> Optus.

Nope. Yes, old technology exchanges are a problem with providing Optus,
no, that doesnt say a damned thing about the question of whether there
is a real 1K grouping, there aint.

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

RS> Nope.

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

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

RS> Nope.

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

Yep.

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).

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

AWL> Been that way in Toowoomba from the early 70s.

Nope as far as the numbering is concerned. And Toowoomba isnt anything
special, most rural areas have basically the same technology. OTW it aint
in 1K chunks.

AWL> It is getting better with the introduction of modern equipment, not
AWL> worse...

As far as the correlation between physical location and number is
concerned, its worse, you dont even have a number allocated to a line
card rack space with AXE and S12 like you do with the older stuff which
did atleast have the number sort of related to the physical line stuff.

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