test.numbers · phreak appendix · Nov 1990

TELECOM Digest — Guide to Special Prefixes/Numbers

The phreak appendix of the collection: a November 1990 TELECOM Digest guide to special prefixes and numbers, recovered from the original files and never before archived. As a document about telephone numbers it is also the collection's heaviest redaction — the era's dialable numbers are masked. The text, the period and the curiosity remain.

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Opening lines, with the era's email addresses, dialable numbers and network addresses redacted on this page. The full session runs unredacted in the live terminal, exactly as it was captured.

Subject: TELECOM Digest Guide to Special Prefixes/Numbers
Message-ID: <[email redacted]>
Date: 24 Nov 90 22:00:00 GMT
Sender: [email redacted]
Organization: TELECOM Digest
X-Telecom-Digest: Special Issue: Guide to Special Prefixes/Numbers


TELECOM Digest     Sat, 24 Nov 90 16:00:00 CST    Guide to Special Prefixes

Inside This Issue:                         Moderator: Patrick A. Townson

    TELECOM Digest Guide to Special Prefixes/Numbers [David Leibold]
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From: woody <contact![email redacted]>
Subject: TELECOM Digest Guide to Special Prefixes/Numbers
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 90 00:28:08 EST


         TELECOM Digest Guide to Special Prefixes/Numbers
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1st edition 20 November 1990

This is a summary of various numbers and exchanges that are a
departure from the garden-variety residential or business phone
prefixes/numbers.

Basically, the following types of numbers/NXX prefixes are described:

* Announcement/ESP: These are special prefixes containing recorded pay
  announcements or conference lines. 976 is the most familiar of the
  prefixes. Charges may vary according to the specific number dialed,
  or there may be NPAs that charge a set rate for any 976 or special
  prefix number.

* ANI: When ANI numbers are dialed, a synthesised voice speaks out the
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