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LERG/LCADS

The LERG/LCADS Routing Guides are key to finding the best and cheapest routes for service providers such as wireless, mini-telecoms and wholesale providers such as calling card providers.

A map of local calling areas and routing data

Routing guides

The data behind every good route

LCADS

The Local Calling Area Data Source (LCADS) is a database containing calling area information inside the United States and Canada. LCADS is the premier tool for mapping NPA NXXs to geographical locations and distinct local billing zones.

LERG

The Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) holds the network and routing records carriers rely on, from operating company numbers and rate centers to switch homing arrangements and location routing numbers.

What the LERG contains

Every record you need to identify who owns a number, where it is served from and how to reach it.

  • Operating Company Numbers
  • Company Names
  • Routing Contacts
  • Country Code Assignments
  • NPA Information
  • LATA Codes by Region
  • Destination Codes
  • Switching Entity Record detail
  • Rate Center details
  • Switch Homing Arrangements
  • Operator Access Tandem Codes (ATCs)
  • Location Routing Numbers (LRNs)

Local Number Portability

Why routing data matters

In 1996, the US Congress mandated a change in local telephone service that allows any carrier to enter a local market. The new regulation provides for Local Number Portability (LNP), which means that when a consumer’s phone service is moved from one service provider to another, the telephone number (TN) does not change.

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