Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wolves.uucp!ggw@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Finding Your Own Phone Number Message-ID: Date: 1 May 89 00:48:59 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 155, message 2 of 7 In Kevin Lightner wrote: > In the St. Louis (314 NPA) area, you can dial 410-XXX-XXXX (Where the X's are > any phone number that is real in the area) and it will tell you the number > you are dialing from. ... > ... Does anyone else know of more of these? Here in Durham, North Carolina (a satrapy of GTE-South) the id number is a simple 711. The usual automatic voice reads you your number and then they put an obnoxious tone on the line (to encourage you to hang up.) --- UUCP: ...mcnc!duke!dukcds!wolves!ggw or ...decvax!duke!dukeac!wolves!ggw Internet: ggw%dukcds@cs.duke.edu or ggw@dukeac.ac.duke.edu Voice: 919-493-1998 (home) 919-684-6126 (work) Data: 919 493 7111 - The Wolves Den UNIX BBS USMail: 902 A1 Park Ridge Rd. Durham NC 27713 [Moderator's Note: Did you mean 'satrap' instead of 'satrapy'? PT]