Is it possible for RIPE to enter comment under or above phone (when its changed) to indicate that this change was done in automated manner and it is no longer exact original information submitted to RIPE DB by user? On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Denis Walker wrote:

Dear Colleagues

We have been informed of changes to Russian telephone area codes. One of our Russian members has asked the RIPE NCC to perform a bulk update on the whois data to reflect these changes.

The area codes change on 1 December 2005. If we receive no objections, we plan to make this update two weeks later, on 15 December 2005.

If anyone changes the code in their own objects, it will not be affected by this update.

List of area codes to be changed.

Old format New format Region +7 011 xxxxxxx +7 401 xxxxxxx Kaliningrad +7 071 xxxxxxx +7 471 xxxxxxx Kursk +7 072 xxxxxxx +7 472 xxxxxxx Belgorod +7 073 xxxxxxx +7 473 xxxxxxx Voronezh +7 074 xxxxxxx +7 474 xxxxxxx Lipetsk +7 075 xxxxxxx +7 475 xxxxxxx Tambov +7 081 xxxxxxx +7 481 xxxxxxx Smolensk +7 082 xxxxxxx +7 482 xxxxxxx Tver +7 083 xxxxxxx +7 483 xxxxxxx Bryansk +7 084 xxxxxxx +7 484 xxxxxxx Kaluga +7 085 xxxxxxx +7 485 xxxxxxx Yaroslavl +7 086 xxxxxxx +7 486 xxxxxxx Orel (Oryol, Orlovsk) +7 087 xxxxxxx +7 487 xxxxxxx Tula (Tulsk) +7 091 xxxxxxx +7 491 xxxxxxx Ryazan +7 092 xxxxxxx +7 492 xxxxxxx Vladimir +7 093 xxxxxxx +7 493 xxxxxxx Ivanovo +7 094 xxxxxxx +7 494 xxxxxxx Kostroma +7 095 xxxxxxx +7 495 xxxxxxx Moscow +7 096 xxxxxxx +7 496 xxxxxxx Moscow region

Regards Denis Walker Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC

Hi Dennis, I noted that there seems to be a general replacement rule in place here: +7 0yy xxxxxxx -> +7 4yy xxxxxxx However, this is not the case for Kaliningrad: +7 011 xxxxxxx -> +7 401 xxxxxxx Is that the usual exception to the rule ;-) or a real typo or something? Cheers, -C.