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Bell info 11
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10. Information from Other Sources
Some telephone information may be had at your neighbourhood library,
or even a major library. University and college libraries should not
be ignored, either, particularly if you can get into the more technical
libraries for engineering.
Extensive phone book collections for Canada can be found at the
Metro Toronto Reference Library (MTRL, located on Yonge, just north
of Bloor). Many other libraries offer reasonable collections, at least
for the major Canadian cities, and often for some American and other
international places as well. The University of Toronto and the MTRL
probably have the best international phone book collections in the
region; York University's Scott Library has a few international
books as well. The editions avaialable may not be extremely recent,
however.
American phone book information can be obtained using Phonefiche.
Phonefiche is a series of microfiches of recent directories that
can be found at major libraries. The collections come in various
size categories which represent the minimum levels of populations
represented. MTRL has a Category 7 which includes regions of 40 000
population or greater; North York Central Library's collection is
a Category 5 which is restricted to regions of 150 000 population
or more.
The University of Toronto has its Engineering and Science Library at
Sanford Fleming Building 10 Kings College Circle, Room 2402 (2nd floor)
(info call 978.6494). In the reference section, the "Blue Book" series of
telecommunications standards can be found. Check the books in the
neighbourhood of the Q.700 standards for detailed information on the
CCS7 signalling system. Bell Systems Technical Journal is also hiding
around at U of T, but the older editions are in one of the basements.
Bellcore undertakes telecom research and publishing on behalf of the
major telephone companies in the U.S. A free catalogue may be obtained
by writing Information Exchange Management, Bellcore, 445 South Street,
Room 2J-125, P.O. Box 1910, Morristown NJ USA 07962-1910. They have
an 800 number - 800 521.CORE - but that was unreachable from Toronto,
at least with the normal phone network. They offer an alternate, reachable
(but toll) number at (908) 699.5800. One of their famous products includes
the "V&H Tape" which is a machine readable tape containing all the area
codes/prefixes and co-ordinate locations throughout North America (and also
a new "V&H Diskette" DOS-formatted 3.5 inch disk).
If you're in Ottawa during a business day, libraries are available at the
CRTC offices in Hull (Les Terrasses de Chaudiere) and the Department of
Communications (300 Slater Street, Ottawa). After signing in at the security
desk and following any other procedures (such as putting on any required
badges for the CRTC offices), you can enter the library zone and research
stuff. The commissionaires at the security desks can point you to the
proper floors to go to.
In addition, the CRTC has a reading room where notices, decisions,
representations, applications and all sorts of other information
about telecommunications and broadcasting are available. You can
request to see information regarding the "construction review" for
a CRTC-regulated telephone company (like Bell Canada) whcih contains
interesting facts and figures. There is usually a list of exchanges
given in the contruction review documents, including what kind of
equipment is running the exchanges, and in some cases even where the
exchange office is located.
The federal Communications Canada (Department of Communications) sometimes
handles telecom matters. They are the agency handling the proposed
Communications Act which will replace various regulations such as in
the Railway Act that deal with telecommunications. Those interested in
amateur radio can also ask all about the licensing, regulations, etc
Call them in Toronto at 973.8215.
Teleglobe has some information regarding overseas/international
telecommunications. Their head office is at 1000 de la Gauchetiere West
in Montreal; the main desk is on the 15th as is their library. They
also have a "Global Connections" PR periodical which should be available
a free subscription; try obtaining this by calling the Toronto office
at 365.1370, or at Montreal via 1 800 361.1960. Teleglobe also operates a
switching centre in Scarborough (Toronto 2 Gateway at 825 Milner Ave).
Technical or general tours of this facility are available to seriously
interested groups by contacting the Gateway office at 287.4020; at last
report, Gord Ingram was handling such requests.
Pay attention to the various serial numbers listed in application,
decision or order notices. Using these will help the CRTC to get
at the information you want. Try to be as specific as possible when
requesting information, and make sure you distinguish between Telecom
and Broadcasting information as these are categorised separately.
The Ontario Telephone Service Commission is responsible only for the
independent telephone companies in Ontario (ie. non-Bell Canada telcos
like Amtelecom, Thunder Bay Tel., Northern Telephones, etc). They have
an annual report, plus decisions and notices on independent telephone
matters are available. For details, contact OTSC at 235.4950. Given the
trend towards all telecom regulation falling on the CRTC, the OTSC's
days may be numbered if the new Communications Act is passed.
The Globe and Mail newspaper runs a feature section called Report On
Telecommunications approximately every six months. News on telecom
companies, technology developments, etc can be found. The latest edition
of this appeared 8th September 1992. Information on when future telecom
reports will appear can be obtained from the Globe and Mail, or watch
their announcements of ad deadlines/print dates for its feature sections.
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