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Was 216-518 now Montrose

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From: Dave Foran
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article <48iqsp$gbp@madeline.ins.cwru.edu>,
Dave Falcon <ar219@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> wrote:
>
>In a previous article, ds003@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris P. Mezzolesta) says:
>
>>
>>In a previous article, ar219@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Falcon) says:
>>
>>>	Montrose actually exists...  It's in Akron, Far West side on
>>>Route 18 at I-77.  It's fully under Ameritech jurisdiction, so it should
>>>be there.  If you can dial it local up there, the only area I ever
>>
>>Is this recent? I remember having occasional trouble dialing into Montrose
>>even when I lived in Akron because they were Alltel or something, and even
>>(Ohio Bell) operators couldn't get info on the troubles (the infamous "666"
>>exchange)...so it's probably a goodthing that they're getting a real
>>Ameritech exchange.
>
>	Far as I can tell ya, they've been Ameritech for at least 4 years,
>though I think they pushed the 666 deal off on a small branch of GTE that
>had a little chunk of turf there when the City started booming.  The 666
>exchange was overloaded in a matter of 6 months and whoever had it wasn't
>even close to being ready for it, nor do I think they had a spare
>assignable prefix for that area.  So AMTech moved in and took over.

Unless something has happend in the last couple of days ;-)
the area at I 77 and route 18 is GTE territory...

I was working in a office at 175 Montrose West, and the interfaces all
say GTE...

Dave

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Subject: Was 216-518  now Montrose
Date: 1995/11/17
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