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From: nam2254@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil (Tom Ohmer)
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Subject: Eight Digit Phone Numbers?
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Patrick,

I occasionally see ads on TV giving a number to call such as:

1-800-CALL-FRED.  <- Made up
      2255 3733

In the above, is the `D' actually required to make the call, or is it 
ignored?


[Moderator's Note: The eighth and subsequent letters in phone numbers
like this are absorbed and ignored. They are provided only to remind
the members of the public what to dial, as a way of making a complete
word or phrase. They are meaningless to the phone switch.   PT]