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From: velu@ra.src.umd.edu (Velu Sinha)
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Subject: 301-950 Exchange
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Date: 1 Feb 90 03:58:04 GMT
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C&P has recently created numbers within 301-950 for reaching the MD
State Motor Vehicle Administration ... I set out this morning to reach
the MVA, and found that I was unable to reach the number (a fast busy
when dialing 7 digits, and a "Your call cannot be completed as dialed"
message when dialing 1+10 digits).

I checked with the operator and she told me that the number was
flagged in their system as being some sort of virtual number, and that
apparently lots of people were having trouble reaching the exchange.
The operator could not dial the call for me, as all 950 numbers dialed
from her console flag into different access codes (?)! She said that
she had standing instruction to connect me to repair ... she did, and
they've started looking into the problem ... but they don't seem to
know that a 950 even exists!  I called up the DA people again (the
folks who I got the number from in the first place!), and told them
that the number they gave me was unreachable, could I please get MVA
old 800 number (which use to be valid state wide) ... she refused,
saying that they only had one listing for MVA now, and it was valid
all over the state ... the 950 number!

Anyway, if anyone wants to see if they can reach the number from
out-of-state, it is 301-950-1682.  If you get through, perhaps you can
ask them how I get a replacement registration card for my car (;-) !!

These folks really should check the numbers before they give them to
the DA folks to give out!  The DA folks are rarely particularly swift,
and at tens of cents per call, regardless if the number they give you
is correct or not, the charges add up!

- Velu

ps. Anyone know what this 950 service for MVA really does?