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Re: V&H to Lat/Long?

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From: Ralph
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:20
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On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 16:02:10 -0400, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com> wrote:

>Ralph wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Do the telcos in canada still use US miles for distances ? or have they
>switched to Kilometres or nautical miles ?

360 still prices their circuits by the DS0-mile, and I've heard Shaw
and Bell do too.

-Ralph
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