Interesting topic... but I skimmed through pretty fast. Most of the regulator references were to FCC mandated changes. The Feds and the States have not marched in lock-step in recent decades on how LATAs (sounds like something from Starbucks 
) are implemented along with other designations that affect how we dial... and how we are charged.
Example: When an Area Code in nearing its limits in quantity of assigned numbers, in some areas that split into two distinct area codes with NO overlay. (Arkansas did that as I remember.) Here in the Atlanta area I think are up to about FIVE Area Codes and the person living across the street from you can have any one of those five. (I guess we can call that 'homogenized area codes'.)
When I lived in Indianapolis, the toll zones even within one Area Code were always frustrating. The LOCAL RATE AREA was about the size of the old city limits. If you lived at the south edge of Indy (but still in the county, and after government consolidated, still in the city) it could be a toll call to that area just north of the old city limits, but still in the UNIGOV city limits. Bah, Humbug.
But now comes one of the attributes of the Atlanta area that is worth noting. A number of years back, the state Public Service Commission got the bright idea it would be good for commerce (good for business!) to have the largest possible area within the Atlanta LOCAL CALLS RATE zone. I've never seen anything like it. I think I read in the paper once it was close to being a national one-of-a-kind situation.
I will be moving sometime soon and I will be looking for some way to keep my current land-line number active for at least two or three years. Move it to the chapest service I can find, and just set it up to forward all calls to my new number. (At my age, there are people including relatives that you haven't talked to for several years who want to call about Goldlen Wedding Anniversaries, funerals and other events. So I want to keep my implanted roots alive for awhile. Any suggestions on simplicity and economy?
) are implemented along with other designations that affect how we dial... and how we are charged.Example: When an Area Code in nearing its limits in quantity of assigned numbers, in some areas that split into two distinct area codes with NO overlay. (Arkansas did that as I remember.) Here in the Atlanta area I think are up to about FIVE Area Codes and the person living across the street from you can have any one of those five. (I guess we can call that 'homogenized area codes'.)
When I lived in Indianapolis, the toll zones even within one Area Code were always frustrating. The LOCAL RATE AREA was about the size of the old city limits. If you lived at the south edge of Indy (but still in the county, and after government consolidated, still in the city) it could be a toll call to that area just north of the old city limits, but still in the UNIGOV city limits. Bah, Humbug.
But now comes one of the attributes of the Atlanta area that is worth noting. A number of years back, the state Public Service Commission got the bright idea it would be good for commerce (good for business!) to have the largest possible area within the Atlanta LOCAL CALLS RATE zone. I've never seen anything like it. I think I read in the paper once it was close to being a national one-of-a-kind situation.
I will be moving sometime soon and I will be looking for some way to keep my current land-line number active for at least two or three years. Move it to the chapest service I can find, and just set it up to forward all calls to my new number. (At my age, there are people including relatives that you haven't talked to for several years who want to call about Goldlen Wedding Anniversaries, funerals and other events. So I want to keep my implanted roots alive for awhile. Any suggestions on simplicity and economy?
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