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From: levitt@zorro9.fidonet.org (Ken Levitt)
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Subject: Re: Odd (617) Number
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>>From: Patrick Tufts <zippy@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
>>Subject: Odd (617) Number

>>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)xxx-xxxx?

The number quoted was someone's pager number.  It was expecting you to
enter a call back number from your touch tone phone.

I bet the owner of that pager is really P***ed if a lot of telecom
readers called that number.


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