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File: DEALING WITH THE R&R OPERATOR
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Dealing with the Rate & Route Operator
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by Fred Steinbeck (TAP #88)
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It seems that fewer and fewer people have blue boxes these days, and that is
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really too bad. Blue boxes, while not all that great for making free calls
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(since the TPC can tell when the call was made, as well as where it was too and
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from), are 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 with the network.
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For the few of you with blue boxes, here are some phrases which may make life
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easier when dealing with the rate & route (R&R) operators. To get the R&R op,
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you send a KP + 141 + ST. In some areas you may need to put another NPA before
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the 141 (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 takes to get this
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data is mumbling cryptic phrases. There are basically four special phrases to
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give the R&R ops. They are NUMBERS route, DIRECTORY route, OPERATOR route, and
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PLACE NAME.
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You get an R&R an area code for a city, one can call the R&R operator and ask
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for the numbers route. For example, to find the area code for Carson City,
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Nevada, we'd ask the R&R op for "Carson City, Nevada, numbers route,please."
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and get the answer, "Right... 702 plus." meaning that 702 plus 7 digits gets us
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there.
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Sometimes directory assitance isn't just NPA + 131. The way to get these
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routings is to call R&R and ask for "Anaheim, Calafornia, directory route,
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please." Of course, she'd tell us it was 714 plus, which means 714 + 131 gets
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us the D.A. op there. This is sort of pointless example, but I couldn't come
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up with a better one on short notice.
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Let's say you wanted to find out how to get to the inward operator for Sacremento, California. The first six digits of a number in that city will be
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required (the NPA and an NXX). For example, let us usem 916 756. We would call
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R&R, and when the operator answered, say, "916 756, operator route, please."
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The operator would say, "916 plus 001 plus." This means that 916 + 001 + 121
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will get you the inward operator for Sacramento.
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Do you know the city which corresponds to 503 640? The R&R operator does, and
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will tell you that it is Hillsboro, Oregon, if you sweetly ask for "Place name, 503 640, please."
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For example, let's say you need the directory route for Sveg, Sweden. Simply
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call R&R, and ask for, "International, Baden, Switzerland. TSPS directory
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route, please." In response to this, you'd get, "Right... Directory to Sveg,
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Sweden. Country 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 in Sweden.
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Inward operator routings to various countries are obtained the same way
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"International, London, England, TSPS inward route, please." and get "Country
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code 44 plus 121." Therefore, 44 plus 121 gets you inward for London.
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Inwards can get you language assitance if you don't speak the language.
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Tell the foreign inward, "United Staes calling. Language assitance in
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completing a call to (caled party) at (called number)."
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R&R operators are people are people too, y'know. So always be polite,
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make sure use of 'em, and dial with care.
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Note: As a result of the break-up, R&R is now KP+800+141+1212+ST
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