bapat@uunet.uu.net> (05/26/90)
Does anyone out there have the source for a C program (or possibly an awk script) to take a given seven-letter string and map it to its corresponding seven-digit sequence using a standard telephone keypad mapping? Also, how about the other way round - given a telephone number, generate from it all combinations of keypad-derivable seven-letter strings? (I'm tired of looking at my phone every time I want to do the translation - and too lazy to spend the few minutes it would take to write it!) Subodh Bapat novavax!rm1!bapat@uunet.uu.net OR bapat@rm1.uucp MS E-204, P.O.Box 407044, Racal-Milgo, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33340 (305) 846-6068
wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (05/27/90)
Alas, this seems to be another area where the LEC's get starry-eyed
and see:
Revenue Source!
Revenue Source!
It used to be that you had to be 'somebody' to get one. Me? Well, I
asked my friends at test board. They gave me the number for
"assigning", the folks who kept track. They (assuming I was the
business office, since no one else would have the number to call them)
told me to "Tell the sub{scriber} that it's a business nopay
disconnect" meaning that I might lost of calls from bill collectors
and such. Then you called the rep and got the same song and dance each
time: "The Telephone Company assigns all numbers, but {special favor
implied} if it is available, I will see if you can have it"
Now, SBT wants a fee for trying ($5.00 I think) up to 6 numbers. They
tell you to try all the ones you like, and choose "not in service"
ones. The problem with THAT is the large # of reserved assignments,
such as DID blocks, and Centrucks ;-}. I went through about 150
combinations before I got the present one. Unassigned, but reserved
was a real gem xxUNIXV. Oh well, this is a BSD machine, anyhow.
NET-NEWS didn't fit my CO assignment.
C+P is a lower life form, IMHO. They not only want a flat charge, but
something like $1.50/month too! Sorry, but I won't pay that.
Moral: the only rational way to do it is get an insider to help you.
Chances are she or he can do it for free.
A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu
& no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM
Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335
is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335cc100aa%prism@gatech.edu (Ray Spalding) (05/29/90)
In article <8328@accuvax.nwu.edu> David Lesher <wb8foz@mthvax.cs. miami.edu> writes: >Alas, this seems to be another area where the LEC's get starry-eyed >and see: > Revenue Source! > Revenue Source! Indeed. On page 18 of the Atlanta directory, titled "Prices of Services", it says in part: Stylist(R) Service: Your phone number can "spell" a word by using the letters that correspond to your phone number...............$2.50 per month And, my experience has been that if you don't request this service, you get a number with zeros and/or ones in it -- they're reserving the "lettered" digits for people who are willing to pay for them. Ray Spalding, Office of Computing Services Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0275 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!cc100aa Internet: cc100aa@prism.gatech.edu
amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) (05/30/90)
In article <8328@accuvax.nwu.edu>, wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) writes: > C+P is a lower life form, IMHO. Indeed. If air time was a little cheaper, I'd drop my C&P home phone completely and just use my cell phone. They really make a person appreciate the value of competition in the marketplace... No independent telcos around Reston that I've found, though :-(. Amanda Walker