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Dealing with the Rate & Route Operator
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It seems that fewer and fewer people have blue boxes
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these days, and that is really too bad. Blue boxes, while not
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all that great for making free calls (since the TPC can tell when
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the call was made, as well as where it was too and from), are
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really a lot of fun to play with. Short of becoming a real live
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TSPS operator, they are about the only way you can really play
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with the network.
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For the few of you with blue boxes, here are some phrases
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which may make life easier when dealing with the rate & route
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(R&R) operators. To get the R&R op, you send a KP + 141 + ST.
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In some areas you may need to put another NPA before the 141
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(i.e., KP + 213 + 141 + ST), if you have no local R&R ops.
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The R&R operator has a myriad of information, and all it
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takes to get this data is mumbling cryptic phrases. There are
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basically four special phrases to give the R&R ops. They are
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NUMBERS route, DIRECTORY route, OPERATOR route, and PLACE NAME.
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To get an R&R an area code for a city, one can call the
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R&R operator and ask for the numbers route. For example, to find
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the area code for Carson City, Nevada, we'd ask the R&R op for
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"Carson City, Nevada, numbers route, please." and get the answer,
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"Right... 702 plus." meaning that 702 plus 7 digits gets us
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there.
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Sometimes directory assistance isn't just NPA + 131. The
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way to get these routings is to call R&R and ask for "Anaheim,
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California, directory route, please." Of course, she'd tell us it
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was 714 plus, which means 714 + 131 gets us the D.A. op there.
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This is sort of pointless example, but I couldn't come up with a
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better one on short notice.
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Let's say you wanted to find out how to get to the inward
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operator for Sacremento, California. The first six digits of a
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number in that city will be required (the NPA and an NXX). For
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example, let us use 916 756. We would call R&R, and when the
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operator answered, say, "916 756, operator route, please." The
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operator would say, "916 plus 001 plus." This means that 916
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+ 001 + 121 will get you the inward operator for Sacramento. Do
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you know the city which corresponds to 503 640? The R&R operator
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does, and will tell you that it is Hillsboro, Oregon, if you
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sweetly ask for "Place name, 503 640, please."
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For example, let's say you need the directory route for
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Sveg, Sweden. Simply call R&R, and ask for, "International,
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Baden, Switzerland. TSPS directory route, please." In response
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to this, you'd get, "Right... Directory to Sveg, Sweden. Country
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code 46 plus 1170." So you'd route yourself to an
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international sender, and send 46 + 1170 to get the D.A. operator
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in Sweden.
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Inward operator routings to various countries are
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obtained the same way "International, London, England, TSPS
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inward route, please." and get "Country code 44 plus 121."
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Therefore, 44 plus 121 gets you inward for London.
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Inwards can get you language assitance if you don't speak
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the language. Tell the foreign inward, "United Staes calling.
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Language assitance in completing a call to (called party) at
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(called number)."
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R&R operators are people are people too, y'know. So
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always be polite, make sure use of 'em, and dial with care.
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---------------Jolly Roger
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