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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: 555
Message-ID: <372@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 11:57:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  3 11:57:41 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 16:57:46 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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We've all noticed, I'm sure, that no phone number is ever mentioned on a
tv show that does not begin with "555".  I assume this guarantees that the
number cannot be one which was issued to any phone co. customer.  My
question is, what happened (& when) so that all of tv-land started to do
this?  Ancillary questions: Is that assumption right?  Is "555" unique in
that regard?  Is there any valid suffix for "555" other than "1212"?
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ken perlow
..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken
bell labs @ naperville, IL