Re: "fake" numbers outside US

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From: Steve McKinty - SunSoft ICNC Gre...
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 16:08

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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...

I don't know of conventions in the UK, but British Telecom will
provide such fake numbers on demand to TV & film companies. It
cuts down on their nuisance-call burden.

Steve


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From: smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - SunSoft ICNC Grenoble)
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