Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!apple!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: NNX-0000 Message-ID: Date: 17 Jul 89 19:26:28 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Joel B Levin Organization: BBN Communications Corporation Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 242, message 10 of 10 Of course, these numbers are rare because there are so few of them. :-) I find it interesting; around here and most of the country, it's terrific to have a number ending in two or more zeros (for the obvious reasons of memorability and I suppose prestige). I always thought the preferences in Arizona were much more practical. There an average large store or company would (when I was there ~20 years ago) strive to have a number ending in -11, or if possible, -111. These numbers were equally memorable, and since almost everyone was using pulse equipment with a rotary dial, they were fast and easy to dial! (I really felt sorry for a high school acquaintance whose number was N99-0990 [the digits permuted to preserve anonymity].) /JBL = UUCP: levin@bbn.com (new) or {backbone}!bbn!levin (old) INTERNET: levin@bbn.com POTS: (617) 873-3463 "The night was"