Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: kenr@bbn.com (Ken Rossen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 1-234-5678 Message-ID:Date: 17 Aug 89 21:06:46 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us 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." -- KENR@BBN.COM