Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: apple!netcom!edg@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Edward Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Pinnacle of Telephone Service Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 89 20:45:14 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Edward Greenberg Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175} Lines: 34 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 526, message 3 of 8 >........... Second, I dialed a couple of numbers at random and got the >"number you have reached..." recording in a man's voice. Third, >dialing the prefix plus "4411" netted an answer (in the same man's >voice) "Good evening 'Information'. May I help you?" Oops! Sorry wrong >number! >Do you suppose that was Mr. Bryan himself? > > John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 > john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o ! The intercept recording is definitely Mr. Bryan. I wouldn't be surprised if "information" was too. I have scrupulously resisted the temptation to "experiment" with Mr. Bryan's telephone exchange. Since they were so nice to me, I didn't think it was a "nice." The "test" you chose is precisely the one I would have done though, so I'm kinda glad you did. Now: Please, Kiddies, Please... let's all be adult here (and I don't mean to single you out John. Your experiment was certainly benign) I won't say "Don't call the Pinnacles exchange" since we certainly enjoy freedom of phone service here in the USA. Lets just remember that (a) these are real folks out there. It's not a faceless corporate hierarchy. (b) When I called Pinnacles, they could have as easily told me to go to hell. Instead, they let me into their home and central office. Let's not make them sorry they did. I could have held back the prefix, or even the name of the company, but I have respect for the quality of our readers. Ed Greenberg uunet!apple!netcom!edg