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Article #100Re: "fake" numbers outside US
From: Kareem Hinedi
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:26
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:26
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Bill Hofmann (wdh@fresh.com) wrote:
: In the United States and Canada (World Zone 1 to be more precise), when
: you want to represent a phone number without the risk of it being an
: actual valid phone number, you choose a number of the form "555-xxxx", for
: instance, "1-510-555-1234".
: Do any of the participants in other countries know of similar conventions
: in their or other countries? Thanks in advance...
In France, if you dial the Paris region (the only region that has a "city
code"), the next digit MUST be either a 4, 5, or 6. So:
33 - 1 - Xxxxxxxx
FRANCE PARIS Phone Number (8 digits)
If the large X is not a 4, 5, or 6, then the number will not be valid.
-- Kareem A. Hinedi
Boston University School of Public Health
E-Mail: khinedi@bu.edu
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