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In a previous article, dave@hamnet.org (Dave Foran) says:
>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
>>
>>	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...

	Hmmm,  considering that source, I'd believe that where you were
Dave is truly GTE.  From what I can hunt up, Montrose itself is fully
GTE, but Montrose is so small that the surrounding areas of Copley, 
Fairlawn, etc, etc, are and have all been Ameritech, and AT(no other T!
<G>) took over the area east of 77 & Rt. 18 that isn't within the City
(there is a city?) of Montrose itself.  Far as I can tell ya, 75% of what
is West of Summit Mall is in that small city limits, and the only prefix
they could scarf up was 666 and that dissappeared immediatley.

	Not to be outdone, AT goes and pumps up all the surrounding
areas with more prefixes and slips service to whoever will take it.  I
even seem to remember a bit of a battle in the courts a few years back
about turf limits, boundaries and rights between AT & GTE over that
entire area.  I'd say with almost complete assurity that GTE owns and
operates Montrose, West of Montrose out past Medina and further, up 77
thru the edge of Summit Co., and then up towards I-71 and into portions
of Stongsville, Brunswick, etc, etc. on the Lower West Side of Cleve.

	One problem...  Someone answered a bit back that 518 was actually
specified by AT as being a "geographical" area covering Maple Hts, etc.
I've seen them give names to areas that are called something else, so
Montrose wouldn't surprise me one bit to not be the City by that name.
I've gotta call my contacts and that 800# and see what they say it's
headed for.  AT's known to change it's mind, too! <G>

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