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Date: Thu, 21-May-87 17:30:47 EDT
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Subject:       1-800-XXX-0000
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Completely by accident, I noticed the other day that if you dial 1-800-XXX-0000
where XXX is a valid 800 exchange, you get the following message:

        "You have reached the ATT long distance network.  Thank you for
         choosing ATT.  This message will not be repeated."

And sure enough, it wasn't repeated.  My question is:  Why is this there?
My long distance carrier is ATT, and I know there are numbers you can dial
that allow you to check your LD carrier, but I thought those numbers were in
the 700 range.  Does this happen for those of you who have MCI, Sprint, etc?

David Harpe
KAJOHN01@ULKYVX.Bitnet