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From: encore!bucsb!gerosa@eddie.mit.edu (Bill Gerosa)
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Subject: Telephone Extender ??
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Date: 20 Apr 89 23:12:57 GMT
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Does anybody know what a telephone "extender" number is?  My friend has one of
these numbers.  It is (an 800 number), and when he calls it all he gets is a
strange tone.  Does anyone know what this type of number is used for?  Any
help would be appreciated.
Thanks.


Bill