Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!netsys!vector!nobody From: mgrant@cos.com (Michael Grant) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: special numbers for cellular phones Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 88 05:19:06 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 161, message 1 X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu (TELECOM Digest Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) According to Cellular One Baltimore/Washington, cellular telcos accross the contry are trying to come up with dialing conventions. (ha! That'll be the day!) One convention is that a number that begins with a *1 is supposed to be a free call to the subscriber. For instance, *1FYI (*1394) is a free call which gets you information about what's happeing with the local cellular system. *1198 is a free call to some local radio station that you can report accidents, (and sometimes win prizes!) There are other numbers that begin with * like *611 and *811 that are also free that get you in touch with Cellular One. All these numbers seem to have a 7 digit translation that does show up on my bill as "no-charge". One can dial them from the outside as well. -Mike