I looked thru a couple of online sources for network information, and it seems that AT&T (CLEC) does NOT (yet) have any CLEC central office switch nor POP for the Middletown NY area. AT&T (CLEC) doesn't have any 845-NXX code for Middletown NY, nor does it appear that they have any thousands-block in any
845-NXX for Middletown NY.But I wonder if it is possible for AT&T (CLEC) to become an "administrative only" RESELLER CLEC for certain "select" customers in Middletown NY? If this is so, then they wouldn't need a central office switch, nor a POP, nor even a "default" dedicated code or thousands block.
There are numerous "resellers" out there that have absolutely NO network infrastructure of any kind, and I don't think that they have any numbering or code resources neither. These are those resellers who will "reconnect" customers who have had payment problems with the incumbent LEC, and have been cut-off at various times. Of course, there are restrictions on their lines/service with the resellers. They still get dialtone from the ILEC but are no longer considered customers of the ILEC, but rather this (sometimes "shady") reseller.
So, on the other end of the economic spectrum, I wonder if AT&T (CLEC) or other large telcos acting as a CLEC, are also acting as "administrative resellers" for selected corporate business customers, where that customer can deal with something like AT&T for all of their locations nationwide, rather than having to deal with independent telcos scattered around the country ??
Anyhow, I do have a question to you...
Who is actually PAYING THE BILL for your home office POTS from ILEC Frontier-Citizens in Middletown NY? Are you paying that bill? or is your employer (work) paying that bill? If it's YOU, then YOU could probably tell your work that YOU are the one to choose who you want for your telco. But if your work is paying the bill, then they could choose to change the dialone provider, or at least the "billing telco" of that line to who they want.
-a/b