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From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Daniel Birchall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Strange Intercept Message
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Date: 14 Sep 90 10:54:26 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 646, Message 11 of 11


 
A friend of mine was trying to call me about an hour ago, and instead
of dialing my number, she dialed my number but with her area code...
She got the Tri-tone, and then this message, which neither of us has
ever heard before:
 
"You are not authorized to dial that number.  Please hang up and dial a
 different number. Two A Y"
 
Is this the legendary number-no-one-should-ever-call?  Will the phone co
hunt her down?  Or is it just some PBX frob glitch? (She was originating
from within a college PBX.)
 
This has us both bewildered.
 

Dan Birchall (and Jen Kleiman)


[Moderator's Note: The writer actually included his phone number and
the same number with a different area code in his message. On testing
the one which caused the strange intercept message, I connected with a
real, live person who seemed annoyed at the intrusion. So, I've
deleted the numbers. The question can be answered theoretically
anyway, without actually testing it.   PAT]