Roamer Access Numbers

Does anyone know how to find Cingular roamer access numbers? That is, the
local number you can call to contact someone in the area on a Cingular phone
without a long distance call to their home area.

The most common number used to be: NPA-NNX-ROAM (7626) using the primary
cell phone prefix (NNX) back when they just had one or two in an area.

When I started with BellSouth Mobility (long, long ago) they actually gave
me a paper directory. Most, if not all, of the numbers still work, but I
tried to find listings for new areas on their website, but there's nothing
in the www.cingular.com search engine.

Jim Burks

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Jim Burks wrote:
> Does anyone know how to find Cingular roamer access numbers? That is, the
> local number you can call to contact someone in the area on a Cingular phone
> without a long distance call to their home area.
>
> The most common number used to be: NPA-NNX-ROAM (7626) using the primary
> cell phone prefix (NNX) back when they just had one or two in an area.
>
> When I started with BellSouth Mobility (long, long ago) they actually gave
> me a paper directory. Most, if not all, of the numbers still work, but I
> tried to find listings for new areas on their website, but there's nothing
> in the www.cingular.com search engine.
>
> Jim Burks
>
>


Yeah, back in the good ol' days, these things were quite handy -
however, the good ol' days have gone the way of the dodo bird. IIRC,
the 7626 reference was (or even still is) spot on, as the ROAM
translation was popular. Also, since these RANs were established in the
earliest days of cellular, it may be a better than even bet if you can
determine the NPA-NNX originally used for a given market area (back then
there weren't many), adding the 7626 (ROAM) suffix just may surprise
you, and the rest of us.

Maybe someone has already done this and knows where it's posted?

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> Does anyone know how to find Cingular roamer access numbers? That is, the
> local number you can call to contact someone in the area on a Cingular phone
> without a long distance call to their home area.
>
> The most common number used to be: NPA-NNX-ROAM (7626) using the primary
> cell phone prefix (NNX) back when they just had one or two in an area.
>
> When I started with BellSouth Mobility (long, long ago) they actually gave
> me a paper directory. Most, if not all, of the numbers still work, but I
> tried to find listings for new areas on their website, but there's nothing
> in the www.cingular.com search engine.
>
> Jim Burks
>
>
>

Getting harder to get--most of the pcs only carriers don't offer or at
least don't publish them. A lot of people don't seem to realize that
local callers are having to pay long distance to call a roamer even if
he's across the street. I always give out a RAN if I have it so they
can avoid the LD.

If anyone's got the full list it would be Telecom Publishing who
published the Cellular Travel Guide. My long-out-of-date copy shows the
RAN for all A&B carriers but nothing on the pcs ones. That's now the
Wireless Travel Guide and is on CD only. Looks like a lot of useful
info including detailed coverage maps of cellular and pcs carriers,
RAN's, customer service phone numbers, searchable SID's and more.
Unfortunately the annual CD subscription (with updates every 3 months)
is 3-4 times higher than the paperback and I can't justify it at that
price.
http://www.telecompublishing.com/Wir...velGuide.shtml
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Jud
Dallas TX USA