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The Telecom Digest for July 30, 2010
Volume 29 : Issue 205 : "text" Format

Messages in this Issue:

Re:Do rate centers cross state lines?(Rupa Schomaker)
Re:Do rate centers cross state lines?(GlowingBlueMist)
Re:Do rate centers cross state lines?(Fred Goldstein)
In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market(Monty Solomon)
Black Hat news: Android app sends data to China(Thad Floryan)
Re:Do rate centers cross state lines?(John Levine)
Re: Overlay acceptance(Marc Haber)
Re: Is Broadcast TV about to be killed?(Scott Dorsey)
Re: Apple: iPut a rubber band on it(Scott Dorsey)
Avoiding a Large Phone Bill When Traveling(Monty Solomon)
Re: Do rate centers cross state lines?(jsw)


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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:06:50 -0500 From: Rupa Schomaker <rupa@rupa.com> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re:Do rate centers cross state lines? Excluding portability, do unique NPA/NXX combinations cross state or county boundaries? Message-ID: <AANLkTimSG9gakXFgFHVZPki8kV61HG3shfN6eLSR4Vtb@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Steve Stone <n2ubp@hotmail.com> wrote: > Do rate centers cross state lines? > > Excluding portability, do wired (not wireless) unique NPA/NXX > combinations cross state or county boundaries? Portability still uses the original rate center as far as I know. Same with wireless. The # assigned has a specified ratecenter which is used to compute ld charges for wireline customers. NPA/ratecenter: select npa, ratecenter, count(state) from (select distinct npa, ratecenter, state from npa_nxx_company_ocn) as s group by npa, ratecenter having count(state) > 1; npa | ratecenter | count -----+------------+------- (0 rows) My database shows that there are no cases of a npa/ratecenter that crosses state lines. NPA only: select npa, count(state) from (select distinct npa, state from npa_nxx_company_ocn) as s group by npa having count(state) > 1; npa | count -----+------- (0 rows) No NPA crosses state lines either. > Why? > I'm working on a couple of databases used to send the right tech to > the right location based on the callers NPA/NXX and zipcode, but if > the NPA/NXX combo is used in other zipcodes besides the one the tech > services, I have flag the call as going to the other tech. If > NPA/NXX combinations do not cross state lines (or perhaps even > county lines) it makes my coding alot easier. If NPA/NXX combos do > cross state lines I have to compare the source data to 3.5 plus > million possible combinations of NPA,NXX, and zipcodes. Thats what a database is for. Mine is kinda small (164,900 entries) 'cause it has only resolution to the lata at the NPA/NXX level. I suppose if I loaded a lata->zip table it would expand out to 3.5M. My database doesn't have county so I can't verify that though a zip->county table (or lata->counties if it existed) could also handle that. Thanks -- -Rupa
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:32:49 -0500 From: GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@truely.invalid.dotsrc.org> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re:Do rate centers cross state lines? Excluding portability, do unique NPA/NXX combinations cross state or county boundaries? Message-ID: <4C519F21.8090602@truely.invalid> On 7/27/2010 10:16 PM, Steve Stone wrote: > Do rate centers cross state lines? > > Excluding portability, do wired (not wireless) unique NPA/NXX > combinations cross state or county boundaries? > > > Why? > I'm working on a couple of databases used to send the right tech to the > right location based on > the callers NPA/NXX and zipcode, but if the NPA/NXX combo is used in > other zipcodes besides the one the tech services, > I have flag the call as going to the other tech. If NPA/NXX combinations > do not cross state lines (or perhaps even county lines) it makes my > coding alot easier. If NPA/NXX combos do cross state lines I have to > compare the source data to 3.5 plus million possible combinations of > NPA,NXX, and zipcodes. > > Thanks > Steve > 73 de N2UBP > I'm not sure if this helps but I seem to remember that in some rural border areas between Massachusetts and Rhode Island there were Rhode Island houses being assigned Massachusetts area codes and numbers due to their distance from Rhode Island phone exchanges. You might need to contact the public service people who service those two states and see if they still have this or no longer do it.
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:53 -0400 From: Fred Goldstein <fgoldstein.SeeSigSpambait@wn2.wn.net> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re:Do rate centers cross state lines? Excluding portability, do unique NPA/NXX combinations cross state or county boundaries? Message-ID: <20100729204602.7A33C3083F@mailout.easydns.com> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:16:06 -0400, Steve Stone <n2ubp@hotmail.com> wrote, >Do rate centers cross state lines? As a general rule, no. Rate centers (actually exchange areas, the polygons corresponding to a rate center point) are state-regulated constructs. There are some semi-exceptions, "localities" where a border area is served across the state line, but most of these are treated as two rate centers nowadays, even if they have the same local calling area, etc. >Excluding portability, do wired (not wireless) unique NPA/NXX >combinations cross state or county boundaries? > >Why? Not state boundaries. An NPA/NXX combination is always assigned to a single rate center. It may be shared by multiple carriers, who may even home their switches on different tandems (ATT and Q allow that on their tandems; VZ does not), but it's one rate center, which is one state. Counties have no telecom-specific meaning. Rate center areas cross them all the time. >I'm working on a couple of databases used to send the right tech to the >right location based on >the callers NPA/NXX and zipcode, but if the NPA/NXX combo is used in >other zipcodes besides the one the tech services, >I have flag the call as going to the other tech. If NPA/NXX combinations >do not cross state lines (or perhaps even county lines) it makes my >coding alot easier. If NPA/NXX combos do cross state lines I have to >compare the source data to 3.5 plus million possible combinations of >NPA,NXX, and zipcodes. Rate center area boundaries and ZIP code boundaries do not line up. Also bear in mind that mobile phone rate center assignments are sometimes rather arbitrary and do not necessarily align with where a customer lives, let alone where they are at the time. There's all sorts of ugly history behind that but let's not dwell on it here. -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:48:48 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market Message-ID: <p062408e3c8774454c020@[10.5.11.42]> In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market By JOEL SCHECTMAN Associated Press Writer Jul 29, 6:43 AM EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist. With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult industry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone - even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot. In at least five cities, Craigslist ads seek models specifically for video sex chat on FaceTime. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees. ... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_IPORN ***** Moderator's Note ***** I read this, and suddenly I want to go take a shower. Isn't anything sacred? Bill Horne Moderator
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:03:37 -0700 From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Black Hat news: Android app sends data to China Message-ID: <4C51C279.8070706@thadlabs.com> " A questionable Android mobile wallpaper app that collects your " personal data and sends it to a mysterious site in China, has " been downloaded millions of times, according to data unearthed " by mobile security firm Lookout. " " That means that apps that seem good but are really stealing " your personal information are a big risk at a time when mobile " apps are exploding on smartphones, said John Hering, chief " executive, and Kevin MaHaffey, chief technology officer at " Lookout, in their talk at the Black Hat security conference " in Las Vegas today. { article continues at following URL } http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/28/android-wallpaper-app-that-steals-your-data-was-downloaded-by-millions/ Other references cited: http://www.blackhat.com/ http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/27/your-mobile-app-is-spying-on-you/ http://www.mylookout.com/ ***** Moderator's Note ***** Has this been confirmed, or is it just a report? Bill Horne Moderator
Date: 29 Jul 2010 16:07:28 -0000 From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re:Do rate centers cross state lines? Excluding portability, do unique NPA/NXX combinations cross state or county boundaries? Message-ID: <20100729160728.10067.qmail@joyce.lan> >Excluding portability, do wired (not wireless) unique NPA/NXX >combinations cross state or county boundaries? Rate centers certainly cross county lines. My rate center Trumansburg NY (see prefix 607-387) covers parts of three different counties. There certainly used to be rural places where a telco in one state picked up a few customers in another state, but I don't know if they still do that. Just to deal with the regulators it'd be a lot easier for the telcos to make them different rate centers, even if they're still wired from the other state. R's, John
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:55:16 +0200 From: Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1002@zugschl.us> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Overlay acceptance Message-ID: <i2r8kl$h1v$1@news1.tnib.de> John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: >>Additionally, we handle PBXes a little different here. Dependent on >>the number of lines (I think that you would say, the width of the >>trunk) to the PBX, the subscriber gets a base number of a certain >>length and can add on her own extension numbers ad discretion. > >I agree that can be very convenient. I have stayed in hotels where >the front desk's number was something like 222-333-0. and you could >direct dial room 123 as 222-333-123. This is indeed the normal way to do things in a hotel. The Austrians even went one step further: When the front desk's number is 05212 1234, room 123 could be 05212 1234 123. Don't ask me how that is implemented technically. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
Date: 29 Jul 2010 10:44:09 -0400 From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Is Broadcast TV about to be killed? Message-ID: <i2s43p$rp1$1@panix2.panix.com> <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >My impression is that he feels the government made a committment to >him, as a broadcast television station owner, then later broke that >committment, causing him to suffer substantial economic loss. > >To me, that raises the following issues: > >1) Did the government in fact create a binding contract with him? If > so, he would be entitled to damages for the government's > actions. Yes, he has a piece of paper from the government called a station license, which is a binding contract. >2) The second issue is the rights and responsibilities of those who > receive scarce resources from the government, in this case, a > broadcast frequency. Since the resource is scarce, the business > person is protected from the normal currents of of competition - > another business can't open up next door because there isn't > frequency space. (The same would apply to say a food concession > at a ballpark or national park.) In return for the concession, > businesses typically give up traditional rights, and broadcasters > have to submit to FCC regulations beyond what say a newspaper had > to comply with. In this case, changing technical requirements > might be part of the price he pays for having a concession. The problem is that before Reagan, the rights and responsibilities were all enumerated in part 73 and everybody knew what they were, but now most of them seem to be gone and the notion that a station is actually supposed to provide a public service to viewers or listeners and that they can lose their license if they don't... that is gone. > However, somewhere I think it said this fellow was a "low power" > transmitter, which is one of the newly created broadcasters. If > that is true, I have less sympathy for him--he mentioned the > "lifeline" task of broadcasters, but I don't think a low power > broadcaster meets that need. No, LPTV has been around for many, many years. And there are still some Class D low-power FM stations that predate the elimination of the Class D license in 1978. Low power broadcasting is nothing new. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Date: 29 Jul 2010 10:46:00 -0400 From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Apple: iPut a rubber band on it Message-ID: <i2s478$sfg$1@panix2.panix.com> David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com> wrote: >On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:43:29 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote: >> In article <52078.1279932795@people.net.au>, <colins@people.net.au> >> wrote: >.......... >>>What's wrong with testing the phone in a radio-frequency isolation >>>chamber, as Consumer Reports did? >> >> You get reflections off the walls and off of objects inside the room, >> which makes it very difficult to measure actual signal strengths because >> you are forced to separate the original pulse from the reflections. >> Easier to do in a big faraday cage than a small one, but generally a pain >> especially if you want to actually measure the radiation pattern rather >> than just get radiation in one direction. > >Hang on, if the "reception" problems are in fact the phone receiving >signals then there may well be a direct correlation to the transmission >capabilities of the device, but there may not. In the case of the antenna, reciprocity holds. In the case of the electronics, it doesn't. >In any case, in real-life usage the source/sink that the phone connects to >is (usually) a long way away from the device and since signal reflections >etc are also a constant factor in real-life usage, then the only valid >tests should use these as well. Once you have a model created in an anechoic chamber, you can derive the response from any signal emission pattern you want mathematically. >It would seem bogus to me to draw any conclusion from tests not reflecting >the actual conditions the phone will be used in - and not many of us would >use them in a lab or anechoic chamber. That's why we have math. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:24 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Avoiding a Large Phone Bill When Traveling Message-ID: <p062408e6c877a9f39c37@[10.5.11.42]> Avoiding a Large Phone Bill When Traveling By DAVID A. KELLY The New York Times July 27, 2010 UBIQUITOUS connectivity has its downside, especially when it comes to the price of using your cellphone abroad. The proliferation of smartphones and the increased use of data have made it easier than ever to rack up huge communications bills while traveling overseas, even on a short trip. "Many leisure travelers with iPhones are going to Europe, not turning off their data and allowing their apps to continue downloading data," said Ken Grunski, chief executive of Telestial, a company that provides wireless services for travelers. "U.S. travelers were already getting hammered with expensive voice calls that start at $1 per minute. I know of people that have returned home to $1,000 or more roaming bills." Luckily for tech-savvy travelers who want to stay in touch, there are ways to avoid spending a small fortune. Here are some options. ... https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/travel/01prac.html
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:09:16 -0500 (CDT) From: jsw <jsw@ivgate.omahug.org> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Do rate centers cross state lines? Message-ID: <201007292109.o6TL9GdB042688@ivgate.omahug.org> >Excluding portability, do wired (not wireless) unique NPA/NXX >combinations cross state or county boundaries? In the Omaha area, the rate center spans two counties, Douglas and Sarpy, and if you count one little burg on the very edge, yes, part of Washington County as well. Two of the major COs here are on Harrison Street, the county line, and are only a few feet into Sarpy County. The NPA/NXX boundaries extend well into both counties. The rate centers around here do not, however, straddle state lines. One geographic oddity which is discussed occasionally here is that of Carter Lake, Iowa. This is politically in Iowa, but geographically on the Iowa side of the river. Carter Lake is served primarily by a downtown Omaha CO, but in the 712 area code and a different rate center. A good write-up of this situation is here: http://omahatelephonehistory.blogspot.com/2010/01/carter-lake.html Some of the CLECs which serve Council Bluffs, Iowa, host their services out of switches on the Nebraska side of the river as well, but the NPA-NXXs are indeed in the Council Bluffs rate center.
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