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Re: Direct Phone Number which is regarding for AS297

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Fri Sep 10 14:14:36 1999

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:13:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: Phillip Vandry <vandry@Mlink.NET>
Cc: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199909101745.NAA01221@Iodine.Mlink.NET>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Phillip Vandry wrote:

> Anyway, I believe it's possible to have a toll free number that's only
> dialable in one area and have the same number allocated to someone else
> who has a toll free number only dialable from some other area, as long
> as the areas don't overlap. So who would the international caller reach
> in that case?

Correct, just like my Jamaica example, they allocate 800 number right now
and there is a large amount of overlap. Many such numbers are just not
reachable outside the US or require you to use special routing through the
IXC that provides the number.

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> -Phil



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