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From: Bill Fenner <WCF@ecl.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: 10XXX Bugs
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Date: 7 Jun 90 04:37:00 GMT
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I was playing around at a newly installed Bell o' PA phone the other
day, and got some funny responses:

10288-1-700-555-4141 gave the expected (ring ring) Thank you for using
AT&T.  1-700-555-4141 gave a slightly unexpected "Your call cannot be
completed as dialled."  10333-1-700-555-4141 gave an extremely
unexpected (ring ring) Thank you for using AT&T.

Um ... is this legal?  Could it have been a simple mistake because the
phone was recently installed, or am I giving Bell too much credit?
Should I try to do something about this?  I've had no luck getting a
FON card, 'tho I tried twice (once from WD40, once from a promotion at
a local mall; maybe I'm on their **it list), so I can't try dialling a
calling-card call with 10333 and see if it works...  Anyone have any
other suggestions as to what to try?


Bill