R> In the telephony world 0 is a ten not a null, so
PAT wrote:
You may be thinking of Sweden.
Assuming, of course, that "false-digit detection" is actually a problem. I always thought it was, but our friend Wes Leatherock thinks otherwise. Wes?
PAT continued:
Tone dialing is accomplished by transmission of two audio tones within the 300-3000 Hz voice bandwidth; hence the terminology "dual-tone multi-frequency" (DTMF) signaling. Each digit (including *, #, A, B, C, and D) is encoded by a different combination of a set of eight audio tones. Digit zero is encoded as 941 Hz + 1336 Hz.
In the telephony world, zero can be encoded as one pulse, ten pulses, eleven pulses, 941+1336 Hz, or whatever. But for the purposes of assigning human-readable telephone numbers, a zero is a zero is a zero.
Therefore, I agree with Goudreau: 201-200-0000 is the lowest (numerically) in the NANP.
And I suppose that:
- If you're counting dial pulses, the lowest would be 212-221-1111 (except that it might be tied with 212-212-1111 if the Illinois Commerce Commission were assigning NNXs in New York).
- The highest (numerically) would be 989-999-9999, in an unassigned NPA-NNX in Michigan.
- The highest (counting dial pulses) would be 909-900-0000, an unassigned number in the Fantana, California rate center.
Neal McLain