Enterprise phone service to NIC from ARPANET sites
A current list of phone arrangements for calling the Network Information Center.
North, J.B., "Enterprise phone service to NIC from ARPANET sites", RFC 511, DOI 10.17487/RFC0511, May 1973, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc511>.
@misc{rfc511,
series = {Request for Comments},
number = 511,
howpublished = {RFC 511},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0511},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc511},
author = {J.B. North},
title = {{Enterprise phone service to NIC from ARPANET sites}},
pagetotal = 4,
year = 1973,
month = may,
} RFC text
ARPA Network Information Center Jeanne North
Stanford Research Institute SRI NIC
Menlo Park, California 94025 23 May 1973
RFC 511
NIC 16442
Updates NIC 7554, NIC 7732
Enterprise Phone Service to NIC From ARPANET Sites
In September 1971, NIC arranged for all Sites then on the Network to
have phone service to NIC with all tolls billed to NIC. (7554,). In
October, (7732,) a revised list of numbers established for Sites was
issued. Since then, some Sites have requested the service, and further
arrangements have been made. A list of present Enterprise and Zenith
numbers is attached. This list is accessible online through
<NIC>LOCATOR.
NIC has considered consolidating to one 800 number, but this service
would be much more expensive. Enterprise numbers (Zenith in California)
are billing arrangements which must be made separately for each prefix,
not just each area code, so that even users in the same area usually
need a special arrangement. Although admittedly more awkward than an 800
number, the present arrangement costs about $800 per month; an 800
number would cost about $2200 per month.
NIC would be interested in response from users as to their satisfaction
with the present arrangement. Any Site actually on the Network which
does not have an Enterprise number and would like to have one, is
invited to call NIC to request one.
NIC also arranged for an answering service on the Enterprise or Zenith
numbers for calls that are received from 5pm to 8am. We apologize to any
users who have found this service faulty recently. We have reinstituted
the service and assume it will be satisfactory in supplying information
on the status of NIC operations at times other than 8 to 5 when our full
staff is here. Your comments on this would be appreciated.
Ident Site Phone
ABERDEEN Aberdeen R & D Center Enterprise 0740
AMES-67 NASA Ames Research Center dial (415) 329-0740
-TIP
ARPA Network Information Center Jeanne North
ARPA-TIP Adv Research Projects Agency Enterprise 1-0740
-NCC
-NET
BBN-NCC BBN--Network Group Enterprise 0740
TENEX A BBN--TENEX Group Enterprise 0740
TENEX B
TESTIP
CASE-10 Case Western Reserve Enterprise 0740
CCA Computer Corp. of America Enterprise 0740
CMU-CC Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Enterprise 9074
-10
DOCB Dept. of Commerce, Boulder Enterprise 0740
ETAC-TIP Washington, D.C. Enterprise 1-0740
HARV-1 Harvard University Enterprise 0740
-10
-11
ILL-ANTS University of Illinois Enterprise 1-0740
-CAC
ILLIAC NASA Ames--ILLIAC Group dial (415) 329-0740
LL-67 Lincoln Lab Enterprise 0740
-TX2
-TSP
MIT-DMCG MIT Enterprise 0740
-AI
MIT-ML MIT Enterprise 0740
MIT-MULTICS MIT Enterprise 0740
MITRE-TIP MITRE Corporation Enterprise 1-0740
NBS-TIP Nat'l Bureau of Standards Enterprise 1-0740
PATRICK-TIP Patrick AFB Enterprise 0740
RADC-TIP Rome Air Dev. Center Enterprise 0740
ARPA Network Information Center Jeanne North
RAND-RCC Rand Corporation Zenith 9-0740
SDC-ADEPT System Development Corp. Zenith 9-0740
SRI-AI SRI AI Group dial (415) 329-0740
SU-AI Stanford University dial (415) 329-0740
UCLA-CCN UCLA Campus Comp. Netw. Zenith 9-0740
-CCBS
NMC UCLA Net Meas. Center Zenith 9-0740
UNIVAC UNIVAC St.Paul-Minneapolis Enterprise 0740
UCSB-MOD75 UC at Santa Barbara Zenith 9-0740
UCSD-CC UC at San Diego Zenith 9-0740
USAF USAF at Pentagon Enterprise 1-0740
USC-ISI USC Info Sciences Inst. Zenith 9-0740
USC-TIP U. of Southern California Zenith 9-0740
UTAH-10 University of Utah Zenith 9-0740
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§1Phone Service to the NIC
The Network Information Center had arranged phone service for network sites, with tolls billed to the NIC. This RFC updates the list of Enterprise and Zenith numbers and says the list is also available online through LOCATOR.
Sites could call the NIC using special phone arrangements. The RFC publishes an updated list of numbers.
§2Why Not One 800 Number
The NIC considered consolidating the service to one 800 number but says it would cost more. Enterprise arrangements had to be made separately for each prefix, not just each area code.
The RFC estimates the current arrangement at about $800 per month and one 800 number at about $2,200 per month.
The NIC says a single 800 number would be more expensive than the existing arrangements. Separate phone arrangements were needed for prefixes.
§3Numbers and After-Hours Calls
The RFC lists sites and their Enterprise or Zenith numbers and invites connected sites without an Enterprise number to request one. It also says an answering service had been arranged for calls received from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m.
The answering service was intended to provide information about NIC operations outside the hours when its full staff was present.
The table tells sites which number to call. An answering service was intended to give NIC status information outside staffed hours.