Re: "fake" numbers outside US

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From: Mike King
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 18:55

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

>>actual valid phone number, you choose a number of the form "555-xxxx", for
>>instance, "1-510-555-1234".
>
>If you're qoting a 10-digit number (ie including area code), you often quote
>the area code as 555 instead.  eg (555) 123 4567

Old Bell System advertising used to use numbers of the format 
"311 555 xxxx".

>In theory 555 is not used as either an area code, or as the prefix of
>any 7 digit phone number.

555 can now be assigned as an area code after January 1st.  Whether it
will or not remains to be seen.  Maybe it'd be a good NPA for those
"toll-free calls that levy charges." :-)

-- 
Mike King    [mk@tfs.com]	Oakland, CA

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