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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...

Well, I don't know the reason for such numbers, but you can do that in
Germany as well.

Just find out an city code (e.g. 07223). Then add "0" as the first digit of
the local number. Then add any digit except "5". And the remaining digits
may be anything you like. Such a number will not work, as there are no local
numbers that start with "0" as the first digit. The only exception are
numbers to the outdated "B" mobile phone network. This dates to the 1970s,
when you had to dial special area codes plus "05" plus the subscriber number
of such a phone.


Juergen
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