Rick Broadhead <YSAR1111@vm1.yorku.ca> (06/03/91)
Pat: I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question for the list, but I'm looking for the telephone number that will cause my own telephone to ring (there must be an acronym to describe such a number, but I don't know what it is). The number used to be 41091 but then the telephone company changed the switching equipment for my exchange (487), and now, dialing that number generates a "We're sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed...." announcement. Dialing 57 + the last five digits of your phone number seems to work on almost every exchange but my own. I expected that once my exchange had been serviced, I would be able to use this method like everyone else. But, dialing 57 + the last five digits of my own phone number brings "You have dialed a number to which long distance charges apply...." Obviously, I can't ask Bell for the number. Do you have any idea how I'd go ab out looking for it (I'm in 416)? Thanks. Rick Broadhead ysar1111@VM1.YorkU.CA [Moderator's Note: The ringback number varies from one community to the next. There is no set rule. Maybe someone in area 416 reading this who knows the answer will write you direct. PAT]