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From: foxtail!phillips@ucsd.edu (Peter Phillips)
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Subject: More ANI Fun!
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Date: 1 Aug 90 07:59:25 GMT
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I found this number posted on a local BBS, and figured it had some
entertainment value.  This is a demo number for some company selling
something ANI related.  Anyway, here it is:  1-800-666-6258.


[Moderator's Note: I tried it from home, and sure enough, it read back
my number to me. I tried it using my cell phone, and it read back a
totally different number: 312-229-XXXX which is NOT my cell number; is
not in service for incoming calls, and is listed to 'IBT Company, 8888
West 87th Avenue, Hickory Hills, IL, which is not in the 312 area.
Weirdness ... Has it occurred to anyone else that this number is a
good one to use to answer the question, 'what number is the phone I am
calling from?' when the number is not readily available?  If any of
you try it, let's see if it can be tricked into giving the wrong
number, or not being able to give one at all. Try your tie lines,
special circuits, via 950, etc ... Fun time, everyone!  :)  PT]