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From: apple!well.sf.ca.us!well!mingo@uunet.uu.net (Charles Hawkins Mingo)
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Subject: Re: C.O. "Secret" Numbers
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Date: 16 Jul 90 02:11:43 GMT
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In article <9705@accuvax.nwu.edu> drivax!marking@uunet.uu.net writes:

>A friend from Florida once had a phone installed and they neglected to
>tell him the number. *Of course* they couldn't look up a new service
>without the number, and Southern Bell told him he'd have to wait until
>the first bill came. He was saved by a wrong number - the caller was
>kind enough to tell him what number he was trying to reach.

	Of course you could just call directory assistance, and ask
for your own number.  When I moved to Washington two years ago, C&P
told me my number when they installed the service.  After a few days
of not getting any calls, I dialed my number, and found it was out of
service.  I called directory assistance, and found out that C&P
actually gave me a different number.  Just another C&P horror story.


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