Jack.Winslade@f666.n285.z1.fidonet.org (Jack Winslade) (09/27/90)
In a message of <23 Sep 90 16:33:30>, Mark Brader writes: >(I don't know if there were ever, say, WRight numbers, or if 97 was >always reserved. Anyone know? I might ask the same question about >55, which is similarly reserved for special purposes. In movies and >TV shows, 555-numbers are often used so as to not coincide with any >real numbers, and the scriptwriters noted long ago that KLondike was >55; were there ever any real KLondikes?) Nope. 97x prefixes are definitely not reserved as we have both 977 and 978 here in Omaha. Interestingly enough, the 'official' prefix list in the Phone Book <tm> lists 976, 977, and 978 as Omaha prefixes. Also, one of the midtown Omaha offices has all of the 55x prefixes except for 555 and 550. (I think those are the only ones not in there.) The office serves a rather large irregular geographic area which extends well into what is called 'North Omaha' as well as crossing the historical city-line into what was once the town of South Omaha. My office phone is on 559. Good Day! JSW [1:285/666@fidonet] DRBBS Technical BBS, Omaha (1:285/666) --- Through FidoNet gateway node 1:16/390 Jack.Winslade@f666.n285.z1.fidonet.org