Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!netsys!vector!nobody From: evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: special numbers for cellular phones Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 88 09:24:35 GMT References: Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Organization: System telly, Brampton, Ontario Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 159, message 5 X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu (TELECOM Digest Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) In article , ssc-vax!clark@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Roger Clark Swann) writes: > Another example of this was discovered in Portland, OR recently when > the radio station KXL (I think), was advertising for motorists to call > the station with road reports using their cellular phones to dial: 231 > 'this is a free call' (Maybe someone in Portland can confirm this) > Don't know about Portland, but Toronto radio station CFTR certainly does have a 'free' number for exactly this purpose. (They must take their traffic reports rather seriously - they also have two Cessnas airborne each rush hour.) Callers press "*680" (the station's frequency). I also believe that cellular calls to 911 and the auto club are free. > Roger Swann uucp: uw-beaver!ssc-vac!clark -- Evan Leibovitch, SA of System Telly, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario evan@telly.UUCP (PENDING: evan@telly.on.ca) / {uunet!attcan,utzoo}!telly!evan Don't worry - Be happy.