seanwilliams@attmail.com (01/14/91)
While playing around with my phone, I came across the following X11 numbers and what they do. Are these constant in different regions or specific to only one exchange/telco? (I have United Telephone of Pennsylvania) Obviously, I have only listed the numbers which were not met with a "Call cannot be completed..." recording. 211: Upon connection, plays one long tone, then silence. Whenever you press any number from a Touch-Tone phone, plays 3 short beeps. Whenever you dial any number from a rotary phone, replays the original long tone. I guess this number is used for testing purposes. 311: Digitized voice reads off the number from which you have called. There must be SOME use for this. 411: "We're sorry, your call cannot be completed...(etc)...717-243" This recording is from a different exchange. My exchange is 717-834. The telco's regional / area office is located in the 243 exchange, however. I have heard of this number being used in other areas as the directory assistance number, but we use 1-555-1212. (This number reaches Bell of Pennsylvania's Directory Assistance. I'd assume that United must not have their own.) 511: I kept getting a busy signal when calling this number. Maybe that's all it's supposed to do. 611: Friendly repair service representative answers. 911: The hi-tech computerized emergency number where they can find your house and list your name before they even answer your call. (really!) This service was just put into operation in my area last month, and the phone company has warned us repeatedly to call only in case of real emergencies. (They have all that computer equipment, but they only have two incoming lines. Okay, so it IS a small county!) So that's all for my experimentation. Maybe someone else has numbers which do something else? Or maybe different numbers which do basically the same thing? Sean E. Williams seanwilliams@attmail.com