Re: "fake" numbers outside US

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From: Mike Morris
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 02:48

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jharper@gtemoblnet.win.net (Jeffrey A. Harper) writes:

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

>>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.

>The 555 prefix is set aside for Directory Assistance for the US.
>Just add the area code to get to the right city.  
>Whatever you dial after 555 will not change it.

This is true for the 800- area code.  I'm in 818, and dialing
555-<any 4 digits> dumps me into a "I'm sorry, but your number 
can't be completed as dialed" recording. 

>Not only this, but 555 Directory can cost anywhere from 45 cents
>to a dollar!

Proof that the original 800-numbers-are-not-free incident was AT&Ts.

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Subject: Re: "fake" numbers outside US
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