TELECOM Digest     Wed, 4 Jan 95 20:16:00 CST    Volume 15 : Issue 8

Inside This Issue:                        Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    More Administrivia, Errors, etc (TELECOM Digest Editor)
    OZLIP Reminder (Mehmet Orgun)
    GSM Book [Moulet &...] (Rupert Baines)
    US Contact: American Management System, Systemetic Inc. (Mr. Wah 
Chan)
    Wanted to Buy: Tekalek 221-C  E-1 Test Set (pkt@ix.netcom.com)
    Re: Standard 19 Inches Network Relay Rack (Paul A. Lee)
    Re: AT&T First to Deliver Long-Awaited "Follow-Me" 500 Numbers (S. 
Donelan)
    Re: Looking For Mail Order Cellular Accessories (Michael Schuster)
    Re: Watching the Area Codes Split (David Leibold)
    Re: Watching the Area Codes Split (Mark Brader)
    Re: Roll Over/Hunt Group (Tim Gorman)
    Re: Procedure for Obtaining a 10XXX Code (Wayne Huffman)

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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 19:15:54 CST
From: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Digest Editor)
Subject: More Administrivia, Errors, etc


<Face red mode> ... *if* you chose to pick up a copy of the 1992-1994
volume of the Accelerated Index from the archives .. well, there was a
slight error in the way some items were keyed ... I found out when
someone using the SEARCH command of the Email Information Service
contacted me to say they were getting quite screwey answers in
response to some searches he was making ...

It was only announced yesterday, so most of you probably have not yet
picked up a copy, and in all probability most of you will not want
to bother keeping this humongous, 26,000 (yes twenty six thousand)
line file at your site. But if you did take a copy prior to Wednesday
at about 6:30 PM CST, do me a favor ... ditch it and go get another
copy, one that has been corrected.

What this is -- when it works correctly, as it is now -- is a complete
index of the titles of articles which have been in the Digest for the
past six years and the author names. You can either use SEARCH, which
is a command in the email server, or you can simply go and pull the
two files back to your site.  There are two editions. One covers the
years 1989-1991 and the other covers 1992-1994. Together, they 
constitute
about 48,000 entries, the number of messages seen here over the past
six years. They are sorted in strict alphabetical order by subject 
with
any instances of 'Re:' where it appears ignored for the purpose of the
sort. Where more than one article appears with the identical subject
title, the sort continues further by author *first* name. When using
grep or SEARCH (which is just a version of grep I put in the email
server) you can search by subject name or author name. It is highly
recommended that you use the most liberal grep possible, that is, 
with '-i' as the argument, so that case will be ignored. Also, if you
choose to search by author, search the *last name only* since 
sometimes
the first name appears as just an initial, i.e. P.Townson.

If you are really interested, use the INFO command in the email server
to get two other files you'll need to interpret the rest of the data
shown in the accelerated index:

                   INFO back-issues
                   INFO search-hints

Anyway, that's enough on the topic. I botched it, and I've repaired
it, I think. I'm sure someone will tell me if that's not correct.

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In other administrivia news:

I've received a suggestion from a reader about having a 'human 
resources' 
section in the archives. This would be a place where anyone who wished
to do so could put a paragraph or two about themselves for the benefit
of other readers. It would be voluntary and would have no connection
at all to the mailing list, which is never shared or revealed.

Suggestions for things to include would be in addition to your name,
address, phone number and company/school/institutional affiliation,
perhaps a .signature file, a paragraph about your current project(s),
prior accomplishments, etc. It would be removed/destroyed from the
archives whenever you said to do so, or modified as required. 

*DO NOT SEND ENTRIES NOW*

Just let me know what you think of the idea, and if you would want to
have data about yourself there in the Telecom Archives. 

Should it be open and available to all to read? I can fix it so that
it is blocked or denied to FTP/Gopher users while available on a 
passworded basis to email service users. If it is open to all to read
you can be sure of receiving lots of junk mail ... :)  If on a 
passworded basis, then only those who contribute entries of their
own would get the password to read the biographies of the others ... 
in other words, give a biography of yourself, and read the others.

Let me have your thoughts. *DO NOT SEND ENTRIES NOW*.


PAT

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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 95 12:02:36 +1100
From: mehmet@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (Mehmet Orgun)
Subject: OZLIP Reminder


Dear All,

Please contribute to the success of ISLIP'95 by submitting a paper,
posting/distributing the call for papers etc. I have posted it to a
number of newsgroups already.

I have also prepared a WWW home page for ISLIP'95. Check out the URL:
http://krakatoa.mpce.mq.edu.au/~mehmet/islip95.html

A PostScript version of the call for papers can be obtained from
the above page as well as a LaTeX version.


Cheers,

Mehmet

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                          Call for Papers 
                              ISLIP'95 
The Eigth International Symposium on Languages for Intensional 
Programming   
       May 3-5, 1995, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia  
 
Objectives   

There is a growing interest in computational models and/or programming
languages and systems based on intensional logics such as temporal
logic, interval logic, modal and intuitionistic logics. In fact, a
whole new programming model called intensional programming has been
created with applications in a wide range of areas including parallel
programming, dataflow computation, temporal reasoning, scientific
computation, real-time programming, temporal databases, spreadsheets,
attribute grammars, and hardware synthesis.

This symposium aims at bringing together researchers working in all
aspects of this area, and to promote intensive discussions and foster
collaboration among researchers.  We encourage papers dealing with the
theoretical foundations, design, implementation and prototype
development issues, comparative studies, and applications, as well as
those describing new challenges arising out of applications.
 
The symposium will include, but will not be limited to, the following
topics of interest (as they relate to intensional programming):
  
   Programming paradigms                Semantics   

   * dataflow computation               * non-determinism   
   * connectionist models               * extended Kahn principle  
   * logic programming                  * intensional concepts  
   * real-time programming              * termination issues  
   * languages such as Lucid and GLU             

   Software Engineering                 Applications   

   * version control                    * signal processing  
   * visual user interfaces             * image processing   
   * parallel programming               * hardware synthesis  
   * fault-tolerant systems             * graphics   
   * program verification               * data models
 

Submissions   

You are invited to submit either a full paper or an extended abstract
of approximately 5000 words (10-15 double spaced pages).  The cover
page should include the name, phone/fax numbers and e-mail addres of
the contact author(s), a short abstract, topic(s) and a list of
keywords.  Papers will be reviewed by the program committee for their
originality, correctness, significance, and relevance to the
symposium.
 
We prefer PostScript or self-contained LaTeX submissions via
electronic mail to either one of the e-mail addresses below.  You can
also send 3 hardcopies of your submission to one of the following
addresses (chosen with respect to geographical proximity). Submissions
should arrive no later than February 15, 1995.

  Edward A. Ashcroft / ISLIP'95         E-mail: ed.ashcroft@asu.edu  
  Department of Computer Science & Eng  Phone : +1 602 965-7544  
  Arizona State University              Fax   : +1 602 965-2751  
  Tempe, Arizona 85283, U.S.A.  
   
  Mehmet A. Orgun / ISLIP'95            E-mail: mehmet@mpce.mq.edu.au  
  Department of Computing               Phone : +61 2 850 - 9570  
  Macquarie University                  Fax   : +61 2 850 - 9551  
  Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

Authors will receive notification of acceptance by March 20, 1995.
Revised versions of the papers to appear in the pre-proceedings to be
distributed at the Symposium are due on April 12, 1995 (preferred in
PostScript or LaTeX form, sent by email).  The symposium will be held
on May 3-5, 1995 at Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

At the Symposium, the research will be presented and also evaluated,
and it is planned that final polished papers will appear in the
proceedings in book form.

The details about registration and accommodation will be provided 
later.
 

Symposium Chair
 
  Edward A. Ashcroft    Arizona State University 
         
Program Committee

  Seiki Akama           Teikyo University of Technology  
  Edward A. Ashcroft    Arizona State University 
  Weichang Du           University of New Brunswick 
  Tony A. Faustini      Arizona State University 
  Jan Hext              Macquarie University 
  Tom Hintz             University of Technology,Sydney  
  R. Jagannathan        SRI International  
  Michael Johnson       Macquarie University 
  Steve Matthews        University of Warwick 
  Mehmet A. Orgun       Macquarie University 
  John Potter           Microsoft Institute 
  John Plaice           University of Laval 
  William W. Wadge      University of Victoria 
  Andrew L. Wendelborn  University of Adelaide 
  Kang Zhang            Macquarie University 
         
 
Local Arrangements 
  
  Mehmet A. Orgun       Macquarie University 
  Kang Zhang            Macquarie University 
         
  
Important Dates
  
 Submission Deadline:   February 15, 1995    
 Notification:          March 20, 1995   
 Revised Versions due:  April 12, 1995      
 Symposium:             May 3-5, 1994  
  

Further Information
  
Contact:  
     ed.ashcroft@asu.edu   
     mehmet@mpce.mq.edu.au   
  
Latest information about the Symposium will be made available
via the WWW page: http://krakatoa.mpce.mq.edu.au/~mehmet/islip95.html

                     ------------------------

Mehmet A Orgun, Department of Computing, Macquarie University 
                Sydney,  NSW 2109,  Australia    
                Tel: +61 (0)2 850 9570,  Fax: +61 (0)2 850 9551   
                E-mail: mehmet@mpce.mq.edu.au                     

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From: Rupes@voyager.cris.com (Rupes)
Subject: GSM Book [Moulet &...]
Date: 4 Jan 1995 19:04:12 -0500
Organization: Concentric Research Corporation


A couple of people have emailed me asking for this information, so I
thought I should re-post it.

The GSM book that seems to be most popular is:

The GSM System for Mobile Communications
Mouly & Pautet
ISBN 2-9507190-0-7
tel +33 1 69 31 03 18
fax +33 1 69 31 03 38

It is a private printing - you have to contact the authors on number
above.
 
I have nothing to do with the authors and do not get commision. Which
is a shame, as I've recommended it quite a bit <G>
 
Does anyone know of a US distributor ?  (I suppose there may be copies
on sale at CTIA or Wireless ?)


Rupert Baines

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From: johnnycw@HK.Super.NET (Mr Wah Chan)
Subject: US Contact: American Management System, Systemetic Inc.
Date: 4 Jan 1995 22:45:20 GMT
Organization: Hong Kong Supernet


Anyone know about the following companies:

        American Management System
        Systemetic Inc.

Both companies specialize on Telephone Billing Systems.  We need to
know their US contact and also their Rep Office in HK or SE Asia.

Suggestions on how to find such information are also welcomed.  (e.g.,
sites where I can find out the address and telephone number of any US
companies, etc.)


Johnny Chan     Internet Address: johnnycw@hk.super.net

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From: PKT@ix.netcom.com (Pat)
Subject: Wanted to Buy: Tekalek 221-C  E-1 Test Set
Date: 4 Jan 1995 22:55:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom


I'm told that the Tekalek (SP?) 221-C E-1 test set is no longer
manufactured. So, I'm looking for someone that wants to sell a used
one.

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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 13:18:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Standard 19 Inches Network Relay Rack
From: Paul A. Lee </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>
Organization: Woolworth Corporation


In TELECOM Digest Volume 14 Issue 481, Jocelyn Poulin <jpoulin@nt.com>
asked for suppliers of seismic-certified relay racks.
 
Try the following:
 
AMCO Engineering, Schiller Park, IL                  708 671-6670
B-Line Telecom, Reno, NV                             702 677-0855
     (formerly Saunders Telecom)
Chatsworth Products, Chatsworth, CA                  818 882-8595
     (formerly Dracon division of Harris)
Equipto, Aurora, IL                                  708 859-1000
Hammond Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, NY               716 894-5710
Hendry Telephone Products, Goleta, CA                805 968-5511
Newton Instrument, Butner, NC                        919 575-6426
Rittal Corp., Springfield, OH                        513 399-0500
Zero/Stantron, Pacoima, CA                           818 890-3445
 
 
Paul A. Lee                           Voice  414 357-1409
Telecommunications Analyst              FAX  414 357-1450
Woolworth Corporation            CompuServe  70353,566
   INTERNET  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>  <=PREFERRED 
ADDRESS*

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From: sean@sdg.dra.com (Sean Donelan)
Subject: Re: AT&T First to Deliver Long-Awaited "Follow-Me" 500 
Numbers
Date: 4 Jan 95 18:14:32 CDT
Organization: Data Research Associates, St. Louis MO


In article <telecom15.6.9@eecs.nwu.edu>, A Alan Toscano 
<atoscano@Starbase.
NeoSoft.COM> writes:

> she moves within the United States.  AT&T currently can assign
> subscribers 500 numbers that begin with 20 different exchanges, such
                                          ^^
> as 346, 367 and 677.  For example, a person's number could be

According to the AT&T 1-800 line they only have four exchanges
available.  Does anyone know when (and what) other exchanges will be
available?


Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO

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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: Looking For Mail Order Cellular Accessories
Date: 4 Jan 1995 19:24:08 -0500
Organization: Public Access Internet & UNIX


In article <telecom15.7.12@eecs.nwu.edu>, G.Robert Arrabito 
<robbie@hermes.
dciem.dnd.ca> wrote:

> I'm looking for a mail order outlet in either Canada or the U.S. 
which
> carries NMH batteries for my Motorola cellular phone. Can anyone 
suggest
> good, reliable companies?

Motorola  1-800-331-6456


Mike Schuster     schuster@panix.com | 70346.1745@CompuServe.COM
schuster@shell.portal.com | GEnie: MSCHUSTER

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From: aa070@torfree.net (David Leibold)
Subject: Re: Watching the Area Codes Split
Organization: Toronto FreeNet
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 01:14:15 GMT


Mike Morris (morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us) wrote:

> The perfect location for area code 666 is Washington DC.  Give the
> entire code to the federal government.  Keep all the non-goverment
> stuff in the old area code.

Canadian federal government offices in Vancouver BC have been on the
666 NXX for years. This included (at last report) the regional office
of the CRTC which regulates telecom and broadcasting in Canada.


David Leibold     aa070@freenet.toronto.on.ca

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From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: Watching the Area Codes Split
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 23:10:10 GMT


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: We went through this once before, a 
couple
> years ago, and someone posted a list of all the places where the 666
> exchange appeared around the USA, in which area codes, etc, and if 
there
> were any special users such as centrex accounts, etc on them. It 
seems
> to me somewhere some government offices were on 666 in that area 
code;
> maybe it was the IRS, I'm not sure. ...]

Wrong country.  From the Telecom Archives:

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 90 19:59:12 PDT
> From: Jonathan Story <jonathan@jspc.wimsey.bc.ca>
> Subject: Re: 666 and Ignorant People

>     In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (area code 604) the 666
> exchange is used by ... the Canadian Government.

> jonathan@jspc.wimsey.bc.ca
 
And our IRS analog, Revenue Canada, would certainly have an office in
Vancouver.


Mark Brader                  "'Taxpayer' includes any person
msb@sq.com                    whether or not liable to pay tax."
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto        -- Income Tax Act of Canada, s.248(1)

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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 20:40:40 -0500
From: Tim Gorman <tg6124@ping.ping.com>
Subject: Re: Roll Over/Hunt Group


roodh@dds.nl (Hendrik Rood) writes in TELECOM Digest V14 #481:

> In article <telecom14.477.14@eecs.nwu.edu>, jon@server.branch.com 
(Jon
> Zeeff) says:

>> Ameritech tells me that they cannot roll over a trunk hunt where
>> instead of starting with line one and picking the first free one, 
it
>> always takes the next one after the last used one (ie, a circular
>> hunt).  Maybe I didn't use the right terminology.  Does anyone know
>> why they couldn't do this?

> Even when this is possible it is very stupid to do circular hunting 
with
> a standard trunk and a rollover trunk. What happens is simple 
described:

> Suppose: Main trunk eight circuits
>          Rollover trunk four circuits.

> Circular hunting results after at most eight incoming calls in usage
> of the rollover trunk. Even when circuits on the main trunk are
> released again.

> This means that with circular hunting your rollover does not act as 
a
> rollover anymore but simply as a trunk.  I can understand software
> writers of exchange manufacturers that block such a setup in their
> code :-).

This isn't quite true. With all circular hunt trunk groups I know of,
the decision of whether or not to route advance to the next group is
done each time a call origination is received. So if a trunk in the
primary group is free at the time, it will get the next call.

Circular hunt on primary high-alternate use combination does provide
signficant benefits, especially if per trunk signaling is used.
Circular hunt, if designed to always start hunting at the trunk
following the one just picked, significantly decreases the impact of
killer trunks on traffic capacity of the trunk group.


Tim Gorman  tg6124@ping.com
Southwestern Bell Tel. Co

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From: whuffman@ix.netcom.com (Wayne Huffman)
Subject: Re: Procedure for Obtaining a 10XXX Code
Date: 5 Jan 1995 01:59:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom


In <telecom15.7.10@eecs.nwu.edu> Barton.Bruce@camb.com writes: 

> In article <telecom14.481.9@eecs.nwu.edu>, primeperf@aol.com (Prime
> perf) writes:

>> Does anyone know the procedure for obtaining a 10XXX code? Where 
does
>> one begin? What FCC forms and regulations are involved? Having
>> obtained a 10XXX code, how does one get it incorporated into the 
PSTN?

> You are a tad late. All the 10xxx codes are long *gone*. You will 
have
> to wait for the four digit ones to be in universal use.

> Or buy some ma/pa in-state outfit hogging an xxx one and then you 
own it.

FYI The local cableco here in Fairfax County, VA (Media General Cable)
has a 10XXXX code (106-500), used for ordering Pay-Per-View movies.  I
can't seem to get an answer from Bell Atlantic on how this was
arranged. Is this a common practice, I wonder.


Wayne H.

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