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From: Jim.Redelfs@iugate.unomaha.edu (Jim Redelfs)
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Subject: Re: Possible Contradiction by Moderator?
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Date: 18 Jan 91 05:25:56 GMT
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> One of the recurring questions asked in this forum is "What number do
> I dial to determine what number I am calling from?"  The answer, of
> course, is that it varies from location to location.  The Moderator
> has noted that the number changes all the time and that it should
> change frequently.

In the Omaha area, they changed the "958 code" to include an additional
four digits, and that has changed a couple of time in the year or so
since they initiated the seven digit line I.D. code.

I'm not sure of the purpose behind this "improvement", but I am
certainly grateful now for "butt sets" with memory dialers!


Jim Redelfs   Network Technician   U S WEST Communications

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