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From: ccplumb@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Colin Plumb)
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Subject: Re: 1 + 976 Telephone Programs
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Date: 30 Jan 91 23:32:16 GMT
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In Toronto, which used to use 1+ as a long distance indicator (1+7D
for within-416 LD, and I believe 10D worked for cross-area local
calls, although I never lived that close to an area code boundary), it
was always 1-976-SCAM (or whatever :-}).

However, in anticippation of N0X/N1X prefixes, it's now 1+416+7D for
long distance, and 976 went with it.  1-416-976-SCAM.

The latest I saw:

1-416-976-WAKE.  Wakeup calls.  I don't know how well done their system
is, and they say they'll call you anywhere, but for $3.00 a call,
I'll buy a cheapp alarm clock, thanks!


Colin