Re: "fake" numbers outside US

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From: Marc Cornelius
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 13:33

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In article <wdh-1612942150420001@wdh.slip.netcom.com>
           wdh@fresh.com "Bill Hofmann" writes:

 > 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...
 > 
 > -Bill
 > 

ISTR that BT have a service for broadcasters to hand out real
looking but unallocated numbers for use in plays etc. Given that
Oftel now `own' the numbering perhaps they will offer such a
service?

-- 
Marc Cornelius

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