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From: wcs@erebus.att.com (William Clare Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Finding Your Own Phone Number
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In article <12472@accuvax.nwu.edu>, zippy@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
(Patrick Tufts) writes:

> How can you find out the number of a given phone?  I seem to recall
> that linesmen dial the operator and ask for a ringback.

> What do you have to say to an operator to get the number of the line
> you're calling on?  Are there any numbers you can call that will tell
> you your own number (like how (700)555-4141 tells you your LD

I have to do this periodically when we've been reshuffling modems in
our lab.  The phrase "Telephone repair - what number am I calling from?"
seems to work 99% of the time, assuming I can get the right code for
the local operator (0, or 9-0, or *9-0, depending on whether the
line is direct, or one of the Centrexes - haven't tried 00.)

Thanks,

Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ