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NorthWestern Syndicate
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Presents:
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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Issue No. 2
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Written by The Sensei
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NOTE: The Syndicate Report is stictly Bell information, and without some
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background, could cause a problem to understand completely.
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CENTREX/CENTRON CALL FORWARDING (CONTINUED FROM TSR ISSUE #1)
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In the first article on Centrex/Centron Call Forwarding, I stated I
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would list a few Alternate Access Codes in the 5 state area. If you need
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the Alternate Access Codes in your area, try to contact me on most Ascii
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Express Lines.
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ALTERNATE LOCATION CENTREX/CENTRON ACCESS CODE
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IOWA Sioux City (712-279) 8
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Council Bluffs (712-328) 8
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Des Doines-Northwest (515-270,278) 8
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"" "" -Dwtn. (515-286) 110
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"" "" -Ashworth (515-223) 8
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"" "" -East (515-263) 111
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Watererloo (319-291) 8
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Davenport (319-383) 8
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Cedar Rapids (319-399) 8
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MINNESOTA
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Mpls.-Dwth. (612-344) 101
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Plymouth (612-536) 101
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Golden Valley (612-542) 111
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Bloomington (612-887) 101
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St. Paul-Midway 111
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New Brighton (612-631) *19
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St. Paul-Shoreview (612-482) 101
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St. Paul-Dwtn. (612-221) 111
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St. Cloud (612-255) 101
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Rochester (507-285) 111
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Brainerd (218-828) 111
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NEBRASKA
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Omaha-Dwtn. (402-422) 101
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Omaha-Izard (402-554) 101
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Omaha-Fort (402-496) 101
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Grand Island (308-381) 8
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NORTH DAKOTA
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Fargo (701-247) 8
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Bismark (701-222) 8
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SOUTH DAKOTA
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Rapid City (605-394) 115
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Aberdeen (605-622) 115
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Sioux Falls (605-339) 115
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Two additional locations are scheduled for conversion to Centron
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service soon and will be required to use the alternate access code for call
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forwarding at that time.
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IOWA Dubuque (319-588) 8 due late June'86
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NEBRASKA Norfolk (402-644) 8 due mid July'86
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COMPETITIVE PHONE COMPANYS REACT:
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MCI and GTE Sprint announced plans to reduce their LD rates effective
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June 1. The two companies said their rates would be competitive with AT&T,
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which had been earlier announced in TSR Issue #1 of the rate cut also
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effective June 1. Including 11.4 percent for day and evening hours and many
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other similar reduction.
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NWB'S INTRO TO 'SMART PHONES':
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NorthWestern Bell's Public Services line of business is field
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trialing a new coin phone product - one it had a hand in creating. The new
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coin phone product is the NBT(tm) 1062 Coin Phone Retrofit Kit designed by
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NWBell Technologies. The kit converts standard public coin phones -
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dependent on central office electronics - into "stand alone" coin phones,
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which has been labeled by codename as "Smart Phones." There are many new
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features of which customers will not notice. Although the only noticeable
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change between the retrofited coin phones and the traditional public coin
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phones is the voice in the retrofited mode, generated by the kit's electronic
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circuit board. It instructs user to deposit money. Currently the Smart
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Phones are being tested in 40 coin phones around the NorthWestern Bell.
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LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN):
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A Local Area Network is a system of hardware and software that
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connects a variety of similar and dissimilar communications devices. These
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devices typically are operated by a single company for internal use within a
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limited geographical area. The System allows high speed communications
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between devices on the network while maintaining data security, Bell so
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boldly claims. A variety of transmission media are available in the LAN
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marketplace. These categorize the major types of Local Area Networks in use
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presently. The most prevalent are twisted pair (copper) and fiber optic
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cable. Because of its superior transmission capabilities, fiber is considered
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to be the media of choice for the foreseeable future within Bell. More info.
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on LAN will be presented in issue #3.
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QUESTIONS:
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If you come up with any questions on the articles in The Synicate
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Report, please contact me anyway possible. I will be happy to clear up and
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eliminate unwanted confusion.
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This concludes this Issue No. 2 presented by:
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The Syndicate Report
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Copyright (C) 1986 July 4 by The Sensei
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Other System Operators may use this file as long as nothing is altered
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[Mother Earth BBS]
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