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From: kaplanr@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Robert Kaplan)
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Subject: 800-800 Now a Valid Prefix
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While I have yet to see an 800 "exchange" of the form [0|1]XX in
actual use, one COCOT of my acquaintance gives its repair number as
1-800-111-1111.  Dialing this number from a non-COCOT always gives a
recorded "Please check the number and try again later..."  Probably
the COCOT translates that number to something else internally.  I
_have_ seen NXX-type prefixes; in fact, I recently saw a sticker with
an 800-800-XXXX number on it ... and, yes, that was the correct, valid
number!  Anyone know who belongs to 800-800?  And am I the first one
to notice NXX prefixes on 800?

Scott Fybush / kaplanr@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu