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From: zippy@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Patrick Tufts)
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Subject: Odd (617) Number
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In the thread on 'finding your own number', someone mentioned that
dialing 958 in NJ worked.

I tried 958 in my area.  No response, so I continued with 6544, the
last digits of the calling phone's own number, to see if it was a
ringback.

The response: three quick chirps and a faint hum of electronics
waiting for something.  After a pause, I got a quick busy signal.

Any thoughts on the function of this number, (617)958-6544?

BTW - I got the same response with the same number from another phone.


Pat