Path: utzoo!attcan!cmtl01!matrox!uvm-gen!uunet!lll-winken!ames!netsys!vector!nobody From: desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Victims of Wrong Numbers Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 89 01:22:55 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 26, message 7 Along those lines - The exchange for dormitory phones at MIT is 225, and there is a room in New House? Next House? with the phone number (617) 225-8xyz, where 1-800-225-8xyz is the toll-free number for reservations for the Sheraton across the river. I knew someone who was unfortunate enough to live in that room - the problem is that you can't dial 800 numbers from outside the U.S., so many of the people who call the number are foreign, speak English poorly, and are in a different time zone. Several callers were persistent enough that she had to take reservations to get rid of them. (or so she says) The switch was an old step-by-step, and the crafts where surly part-time students, so the easiest way for her to change her number was to move to another room. Peter Desnoyers