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Re: "fake" numbers outside US

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From: Clive D.W. Feather
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 09:11
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In article <D167pJ.C0s@harlequin.co.uk>, Roy Badami <roy@harlqn.co.uk> 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".
> I'm not aware of any such code in the UK.

What I've noticed is that either a nonsense exchange name or a number
beginning with 1 is used:
    Little Snoring 2345
    Cambridge 123456
Take a look at the adverts for bold and superbold text in the Phone Book
for a good example.

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Clive D.W. Feather     | Santa Cruz Operation    | If you lie to the compiler,
clive@sco.com          | Croxley Centre          | it will get its revenge.
Phone: +44 1923 813541 | Hatters Lane, Watford   |   - Henry Spencer
Fax:   +44 1923 813811 | WD1 8YN, United Kingdom |
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From: clive@sco.com (Clive D.W. Feather)
Subject: Re: "fake" numbers outside US
Organization: Santa Cruz Operation Ltd., Watford, United Kingdom
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 09:11:49 GMT
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