Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!cornell!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: ski%COMPUTING-MATHS.CARDIFF.AC.UK@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (S I Khokhar) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: London Recorded Numbers (was no title ) Message-ID:Date: 18 Sep 88 16:37:08 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 145, message 1 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) Yes the recorded message services here in the UK ARE a mess, as for dialling 123 for the time, this only refers to London, elsewhere the code is usually 8081, but this CAN vary. Most 4 digit numbers starting with 80 are this type of service, eg 8091 is the wheather forcast in some areas, dialling 0073 is the code to call a radio pager. In some areas 1267 makes the phone ring back while in others 175 will start an automated line test - the exchange calls back with the result - dialling tone means all OK, but you might get 'Faulty dial pulses' (this ones great if you're on a MF dialling line!), 'Low resistance A to B wire' and 'High loop resistance' are possible messages. If this all 100 for the operator 151 fo faults 192 for directory enquiries and 191 for general enquiries. There may be other specialist numbers that someone can tell me about. One that intrigues me is if I dial 0800 891 017, I get a toll free USA number, asking me [This message was truncated as shown above. Sigh. --JSol]