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From: sherpa!rac@uunet.uu.net (Roger Cornelius)
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Subject: Re: Finding Your Own Phone Number
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Date: 26 Sep 90 20:10:19 GMT
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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.

In Florida (St. Pete. area), dialing 118 will get a recorded message
telling you the number you're dialing from.  I've never tried this
from anywhere else so it may be just a local convenience for the
repair guys.


Roger A. Cornelius          rac@sherpa.UUCP         uunet!sherpa!rac