Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: lloyd!sunfs3!kent@husc6.harvard.edu (Kent Borg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Satanic Long Distance Carrier Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 89 18:07:02 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Kent Borg Organization: Camex, Inc., Boston, Mass USA Lines: 25 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 259, message 9 of 10 If I remember correctly, the original poster (who wrote about trying 10666 as a long distance access code) was from Somerville, MA, which *has* a 666 exchange, in fact I had a 666 number for a year. It seemed to act much like any other line. I could make calls, I could receive calls. I got billed. Nothing unusual ever came to my attention. Ever since I moved to a different Somerville exchange, 776, which is no where near as interesting, I have kinda' missed having a 666 number. Yes, this line acts about the same. Sometimes more noise than other times, but my modem can usually handle it. Take it from someone who has tried one, 666 numbers act about like any other. Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or ...!husc6!lloyd!kent P.S. Don't even remember any harrasing calls... [Moderator's Note: Chicago's '666' is a prefix located on the west side of the city in a very poor, ghetto neighborhood. It is a mix of residence and business numbers. PT]