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Subject: Re: CNA and Number Databases
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 15:17:15 EST
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> In Denmark, there are several separate service numbers for directory
> assistance:
> 	0015, 0016 ... International Directory Assistance, by country group
> 	0034	Name to number
> 	(area code) 0034 Name to number for that area code
> 	0039 (??)	Number to name-and-address
> 	(area code)	Number to name-and-address in that area code
> So when I got here, there came a day when I needed number-to-name-and-address
> lookup, and I called the operator to ask how to get that information, and
> I was shocked to learn that the phone company apparently is barred by
> regulation from providing that information to consumers, ("privacy")
> ...

	When I was a kid during the 50's, I can distinctly remember that the
information operator (old 411) could give out telephone listings by street
number.  This service seems to have disappeared after the great NNN-XXXX
conversion, which in my area was around 1960.  There was also a lot less
concern about personal privacy in the 50's!

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