Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 07:20:18 GMT From: Larry DeMar Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Never Sleep in Room 411 Message-ID: Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 498, Message 4 of 9 Lines: 20 In article TJW@vms.cis.pitt.edu (Terry J. Wood) writes: > On a recent vacation, I made the mistake of getting room 411 in a hotel. > I also made the mistake of being the one to sleep next to the telephone. > I guess that in some cities the number "411" connects you to directory > assistance. However, dialing it inside the hotel connects you to room > 411. Needless to say, I got a different room the next night. This situation is not unique to hotels. A friend of mine had extension 411 on the PBX at work. He got plenty of "directory" calls. After awhile (and before getting his extension changed) he would just give out numbers to people that asked (needless to say, he didn't have a phone book :). Email: chinet!larry@gargoyle.uchicago.edu