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From: johns@scroff.uk.sun.com (John Slater)
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Subject: Re: 800-800 Now a Valid Prefix
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In article <11855@accuvax.nwu.edu>, kaplanr@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
(Scott Fybush) writes:

|> number!  Anyone know who belongs to 800-800?  And am I the first one
|> to notice NXX prefixes on 800?

In the UK our equivalent of 1-800 is the 0800 STD code (+ 6D).

No prizes for who bagged 0800 800 800 : British Telecom sales
enquiries.


John Slater
Sun Microsystems UK, Gatwick Office