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From: kenr@bbn.com (Ken Rossen)
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Subject: 1-234-5678
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Date: 17 Aug 89 21:06:46 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 305, message 9 of 12

For those who care, Michigan Bell found those people (children especially)
curious enough to dial 1-234-5678 annoying enough to install it as a
valid number in Flint (where 234 is a valid prefix -- the original
CEdar exchange) , but with a recording to discourage such calls.  It's
been in place for at least 15 years.

When you call, the recording says:

	"You have reached 234-5678, a special test circuit.
	 This call will appear on your bill if you are calling long
	 distance.  This is a recording."

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KENR@BBN.COM