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Ralph wrote:

> On 2 Jul 2003 18:23:36 -0400, "Dave Null Sr." <lrowoy@ShNotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> V&H is commonly used in telecom, apparently.
> >
> >Not around here (that I know of). I've worked in Telecom and GIS
> >here and have never come across anything other than the local
> >co-ordinate system, which...
>
> It's used extensively in telecom sales.  When I bought my OC3 from
> Toronto to Manhattan last year, the price was based on the mileage
> between the two locations.
>
> When buying point-to-point circuits, the NPA/NXX for the two ends is
> used to find the V&H.
> http://members.dandy.net/%7Eczg/search.html
>
> Then from the V&H you calculate mileage.
> V&H miles: sqrt((V1-V2)^2 + (H1-H2)^2)/10)
>
> So if the carrier sells an OC3 for 0.3c/ds0-mile, you get 347 miles
> from Toronto-Manhattan * 0.3c/ds0-mile * 2016 ds0/OC3 = ~$2100/mth for
> the OC3.
>
> The reason I want lat/long is because a customer that has a GPS will
> know their lat/long, and from their phone number I can find out their
> CO, and therefore the V&H of the CO.  Then I can find the distance (as
> the crow files) from the customer to the CO.
>
> -Ralph