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The Syndicate Report Issue 02
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NorthWestern Syndicate
Presents:
THE SYNDICATE REPORT
Issue No. 2
Written by The Sensei
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NOTE: The Syndicate Report is stictly Bell information, and without some
background, could cause a problem to understand completely.
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CENTREX/CENTRON CALL FORWARDING (CONTINUED FROM TSR ISSUE #1)
In the first article on Centrex/Centron Call Forwarding, I stated I
would list a few Alternate Access Codes in the 5 state area. If you need
the Alternate Access Codes in your area, try to contact me on most Ascii
Express Lines.
ALTERNATE
LOCATION CENTREX/CENTRON ACCESS CODE
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IOWA Sioux City (712-279) 8
Council Bluffs (712-328) 8
Des Doines-Northwest (515-270,278) 8
"" "" -Dwtn. (515-286) 110
"" "" -Ashworth (515-223) 8
"" "" -East (515-263) 111
Watererloo (319-291) 8
Davenport 319-383) 8
Cedar Rapids (319-399) 8
MINNESOTA
Mpls.-Dwth. (612-344) 101
Plymouth (612-536) 101
Golden Valley (612-542) 111
Bloomington (612-887) 101
St. Paul-Midway 111
New Brighton (612-631) *19
St. Paul-Shoreview (612-482) 101
St. Paul-Dwtn. (612-221) 111
St. Cloud (612-255) 101
Rochester (507-285) 111
Brainerd (218-828) 111
NEBRASKA
Omaha-Dwtn. (402-422) 101
Omaha-Izard (402-554) 101
Omaha-Fort (402-496) 101
Grand Island (308-381) 8
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo (701-247) 8
Bismark (701-222) 8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City (605-394) 115
Aberdeen (605-622) 115
Sioux Falls (605-339) 115
Two additional locations are scheduled for conversion to Centron
service soon and will be required to use the alternate access code for call
forwarding at that time.
IOWA Dubuque (319-588) 8 due late June'86
NEBRASKA Norfolk (402-644) 8 due mid July'86
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COMPETITIVE PHONE COMPANYS REACT:
MCI and GTE Sprint announced plans to reduce their LD rates effective
June 1. The two companies said their rates would be competitive with AT&T,
which had been earlier announced in TSR Issue #1 of the rate cut also
effective June 1. Including 11.4 percent for day and evening hours and many
other similar reduction.
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NWB'S INTRO TO 'SMART PHONES':
NorthWestern Bell's Public Services line of business is field
trialing a new coin phone product - one it had a hand in creating. The new
coin phone product is the NBT(tm) 1062 Coin Phone Retrofit Kit designed by
NWBell Technologies. The kit converts standard public coin phones -
dependent on central office electronics - into "stand alone" coin phones,
which has been labeled by codename as "Smart Phones." There are many new
features of which customers will not notice. Although the only noticeable
change between the retrofited coin phones and the raditional public coin
phones is the voice in the retrofited mode, generated by the kit's electronic
circuit board. It instructs user to deposit money. Currently the Smart
Phones are being tested in 40 coin phones around the NorthWestern Bell.
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LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN):
A Local Area Network is a system of hardware and software that
connects a variety of similar and dissimilar communications devices. These
devices typically are operated by a single company for internal use within a
limited geographical area. The System allows high speed communications
between devices on the network while maintaining data security, Bell so
boldly claims. A variety of transmission media are available in the LAN
marketplace. These categorize the major types of Local Area Networks in use
presently. The most prevalent are twisted pair (copper) and fiber optic
cable. Because of its superior transmission capabilities, fiber is considered
to be the media of choice for the foreseeable future within Bell. More info.
on LAN will be presented in issue #3.
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QUESTIONS:
If you come up with any questions on the articles in The Synicate
Report, please contact me anyway possible. I will be happy to clear up and
eliminate unwanted confusion.
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This concludes this Issue No. 2 presented by:
The Syndicate Report
Copyright (C) 1986 July 4 by The Sensei
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Other System Operators may use this file as long as nothing is altered
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