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From: hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Ringback codes
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Date: Fri, 22-May-87 18:18:00 EDT
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> Every once in a while, someone posts a note asking about ringback codes
> (numbers to dial to make your own telephone ring).  Unfortunately, these
> codes aren't the same everywhere, and are mostly undocumented.
> ...

    i use a technique that has worked flawlessly whenever and wherever
i have tried it:
	dial 0
	ask the operator to ring your number
	hang up
('course, you do need to know your own number...)

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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