Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!decwrl!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: techwood!johnw@gatech.edu (John Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 555-XXXX As A Valid Prefix Anywhere? Message-ID: Date: 2 Aug 89 01:43:33 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: John Wheeler Organization: Turner Entertainment Networks Library; Atlanta Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us in reference to: >[Moderator's Note: On a hunch, after the first message on this topic appeared, >I tried dialing 701-555-various in North Dakota. Most combinations other >than '1212' were answered 'Northwestern Bell, may I help you?' PT] This is the kind of thing that peaks my now-mostly-dormant-hacker's- curiosity as to: Is there an assignment, internally, of 555- numbers to inward operators or some such? Or, do they all rollover to 555-1212... what a waste of numbers if they do... -- Turner John Wheeler E N T E R T A I N M E N T ...!gatech!nanovx!techwood!johnw Networks Techwood Library * home of Superstation TBS * TNT * TBS Sports