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From: ceb@csli.stanford.edu (Charles Buckley)
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Subject: Finding Out the "Real" Number Behind a 1-800 Number
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Date: 20 Dec 89 06:00:47 GMT
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   [Moderator's Note: I will only respond to (a): Yes there is 1-800-555-1212
   for obtaining listed 800 numbers. You can't call it or most 800
   numbers because the called party has not agreed to accept charges from
   outside the United States (or Canada).   PT]

But no-one's *asking* them to pay for the call - just accept it.  The
restrictiveness of this practice boggles my mind, too.  Do there exist
800 numbers you can call from abroad at all?  I don't think so.