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From: eli@LF-SERVER-2.BBN.COM (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: 10988 LD Access code and modem carrier
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Date: 6 Mar 88 19:42:38 GMT
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In article <18551@topaz.rutgers.edu> Smitty writes:

?I dialed 10988+1700 555 1414 and got a a modem carrier.  So , I hooked
?up the computer, dialed in at 1200 baud and used 7bit No Parity and 1
?stop.
?I got an:
?ID:
?prompt.
?Does anybody know what this is?

	988 routes calls to western union -- it will be interesting to see if
	you ever get a bill.  do other 700 calls generate tolls ?  if you were
	a legitimate western union outlet, you could probably make all sorts
	of transactions...