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From: cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan)
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Subject: Re: Fastest Pulse-Dialable Number?
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In article <10691@accuvax.nwu.edu> contact!djcl@uunet.uu.net (woody)
writes:

>Here's a challenge for the TELECOM Digest readers ... what is the
>fastest pulse-dialable number in working order?

>In North America, the first choice would be +1 212 211 1111 (there
>seems to be a 211 prefix in 212 according to one source). Failing
>that,

That does fail.  Here in 212-land, 211 is the code for the automated
credit system, which deals with "I lost money in this &*@(# payphone!"
calls.

+1 212 213 1111 gives some kind of modem warble, perhaps a TDD; I'm
not sure exactly what a TDD sounds like, but it certainly isn't Bell
103 or 212, or Racal-Vadic, nor yet V.24 bis or Telebit.  Perhaps
someone with a TDD would like to try calling?


cowan@marob.masa.com			(aka ...!hombre!marob!cowan)
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