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From: forrette@sim.berkeley.edu (Steve Forrette)
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Subject: Re: ANI From a Cellular Phone
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Date: 20 Jul 90 06:35:45 GMT
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In article <9893@accuvax.nwu.edu> TELECOM Moderator writes:

>[Moderator's Note: I tried it a couple months ago from my cell phone
>to my 800 number (on which I get ANI). It reported back some wierd
>number, and when I called the Name and Address Service, it came back
>listed to 'IBT Company', at an address on the southwest side of town
>which also happens to be a central office building with a cellular
>antenna on the roof. Dialing the number produced an intercept: "The
>number your have dialed, xyz-abcd is not in service for incoming
>calls."  PT]

Was the number you got on one of the cellular carrier's dedicated
prefixes?  Or was it from a "regular" prefix, that local POTS
subscribers might be on?
    
    
[Moderator's Note: It was an Illinois Bell prefix. 312-229 in fact.
Apparently it is the place where Ameritech connects with IBT.  PT]