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Subject: Re: Last Four Digits of Phone is '0000'
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Date: 7 Dec 90 04:56:15 GMT
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In article <15077@accuvax.nwu.edu> "Curtis E. Reid" <CER2520@ritvax.
isc.rit.eduwrites:

>I recall many, many issues ago that someone was interested in knowing
>if there is a valid phone number ending with all zeros i.e.,
>xxx-xxx-0000.

Obviously it's not such an uncommon thing to have four 0's at the end
of a phone number.  In addition to the numbers listed in the above
article, across the street from me is Zero's Pizza, with phone number
on their sign, (617) 625-0000.

Is there some particular reason why such numbers are perceived as
being rare?


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