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From: Jim Gottlieb <denwa!jimmy@eecs.nwu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Special Numbers (Information, etc.)
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Date: 24 Dec 89 08:06:07 GMT
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In article <2345@accuvax.nwu.edu> levin@bbn.com (Joel B. Levin) writes:

>                    West [sic]  East [sic]
>Long Distance        110         211  (gone with the advent of
>Information(*)       113         411           direct dialling)
>Repair Service       114         611

And not to forget:    Old         New
Emergency             116         911

At least I remember when I was but a tyke (late '60s) that we had a
sticker next to the phone giving out the 116 number.  There was,
however, a gap of about 15 years between the time 116 went away and
the time we got 911.  

                              	Jim Gottlieb
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