[VoiceOps] Area code 886

[Jared Geiger]

Semi related:

Depending on the International vendor, I see the codes 108, 109, 1129,
1139, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1178 being claimed as either valid codes in Canada
or the US. I haven't found much information on them but I believe they are
special in Canada dial codes for certain services and would likely never
complete if a call originated outside of the country.

Watch out for those in ratesheets if your customers dial the 011 prefix for
an International call, it may confuse your LCR/rating engine.

~Jared

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:09 AM John R Levine <johnl at taugh.com> wrote:

> > I think you misread that 886 is reserved for TF. It was released from TF
> reservation in 2003 and us currently unassigned so could pop up anywhere as
> a new code.
>
> If that is the case, you should tell NANPA.  I just downloaded their NPA
> database, dated today.  It says:
>
>
> NPA_ID,type_of_code,ASSIGNABLE,EXPLANATION,RESERVED,ASSIGNED,ASSIGNMENT_DT,USE,LOCATION,COUNTRY,IN_SERVICE,IN_SERVICE_DT,STATUS,PLANNING_LETTERS,"NOTES",OVERLAY,OVERLAY_COMPLEX,PARENT_NPA_ID,SERVICE,TIME_ZONE,AREA_SERVED,MAP,IN_JEOPARDY,RELIEF_PLANNING_IN_PROGRESS,HOME_NPA_LOCAL_CALLS,HOME_NPA_TOLL_CALLS,FOREIGN_NPA_LOCAL_CALLS,FOREIGN_NPA_TOLL_CALLS,PERM_HNPA_LOCAL_CALLS,PERM_HNPA_TOLL_CALLS,PERM_HNPA_FOREIGN_LOCAL_CALLS,"DIALING_PLAN_NOTES"
> 886,General Purpose Code,No,Set aside for toll
> free,No,No,,N,,,N,,,,"",No,,,Toll-Free,,,,No,No,,,,,,,,""
>
> R's,
> John
>
>
> >> On Jul 24, 2020, at 9:22 AM, John Levine <johnl at taugh.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <CAM3TTh1u6C0+uwDSWrHfYvh-y=
> aAzOdF_9-eqevHo93w-DWJrw at mail.gmail.com> you write:
> >>> Does anyone know if area code 886 was allocated to Canada and if yes
> where
> >>> in Canada? We were just told by an international vendor that it is a
> new
> >>> area code in Canada yet I can't find anything on it.
> >>
> >> You can check the definitive NANPA list at https://nationalnanpa.com/
> >>
> >> It says that 886 is reserved for toll-free expansion. Your vendor is
> >> confused.
> >>
> >> A long time ago, codes 880, 881, and 882 were used for paid
> >> international calls to North American 800, 888, and 877 numbers, so
> >> they might be telling you a garbled version of that. That hack went
> >> away 15 years ago and those codes are now also reserved for toll-free
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