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From: AWalker@RED.RUTGERS.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: freedom of info
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Date: Sun, 8-Feb-87 19:29:54 EST
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Well, I suspect that your LOC in Virginia or wherever *still* won't tell you
exactly *what* "five-digit codes" actually *work* from a given central office.

It bugs hell out of me that they refuse to tell me this sort of stuff.  The
central office people certainly have to know which carrier code sends the call
to whose switch, and anyone's having a complete table of what's enabled in
an area certainly doesn't endanger the LOC or the carriers in any way.

So *why* the hell won't they tell me this stuff, or who should I call to
get the straight poop?  In general, if you call a business office these days
and sound like you know what you're talking about, they get very huffy and
paranoid.  They love idiots they can walk all over.

_H*
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