Re: "fake" numbers outside US

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From: Tony Pelliccio
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 21:43

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In article <D167pJ.C0s@harlequin.co.uk>, roy@harlqn.co.uk (Roy Badami) wrote:

> 
> However, when I was over in Boston, I was surprized to notice that the
> info on the New England Telephone payphones gave the numbers for
> various telco services as 555 nnnn.

Actually NYNEX used to do something of the same here in Rhode Island. Your
local service reps were at a 1-555 number and repair was and still is at
1-555-1611. Since then service reps have been switched to a standard 525
prefix. 

Tony

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== Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR
== Box 1908, Prov, RI 02912 Tel. (401) 863-1880 Fax. (401) 863-2269

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From: Tony_Pelliccio@brown.edu (Tony Pelliccio)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom.tech,uk.telecom,aus.comms
Subject: Re: "fake" numbers outside US
Date: 21 Dec 1994 21:43:12 GMT
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