Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich.edu (07/30/89)
Dave Levenson <westmark!dave@rutgers.edu> writes: > Perhaps that is true where you live! Here in NJ, if we dial > 1-NPA-555-1212 from a coin telephone, we get a recording telling us > to please depost 50 cents. That happens to me in Michigan, too. But I've discovered that walking over to the slotless "Charge-A-Call" phone next to the payphone will allow me to place DA calls for free. Likewise, I seem to be able to place limitless free DA calls within my area code by dialing 1-555-5555 instead of 1-555-1212. That doesn't seem to work out-of-area. P.S. Moderator: in response to something a few digests ago: 1-700-555-4141 works in a lot more places than just 1-700-555-xxxx for determining the current carrier. Not sure why, but it's definitely the case. Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich.edu [Moderator's Note: Someone else remarked on this to me in a recent letter not for publication. Apparently 555-anything is interchangeable with 4141 at present, but sooner or later as those numbers begin to be used for other purposes, only 4141 will be available, and it is considered the 'official' number for the purpose at hand. So I stand corrected in my earlier report; let's begin using 4141 as the standard. PT]
r.a.a.@pro-palace.cts.com (R.A. Anonymous, Jr.) (08/05/89)
Dialing 1-555-5555 gets free directory assistance in my area, too. Rather
convenient....
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