Cable / Telecom News

CRTC asks for input on telephone number problem


GATINEAU – The supply of telephone numbers out west (in the 780, 250 and 403 area codes) are drying up. So today, the CRTC asked the public for help. The Commission issued two public notices seeking comments on proposed relief plans dealing with the declining supply of numbers in those Alberta and B.C. area codes. The relief plans propose measures to prevent area codes and their regions from running out of numbers. In Alberta, the proposed relief plan is for the whole province, therefore customers in both area codes 403 and 780 could be impacted. In British Columbia, the proposed...