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From: Nigel.Allen@f438.n250.z1.fidonet.org (Nigel Allen)
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
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Subject: Pseudo-Area Code 311
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Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
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I saw a message on Fidonet's FCC echo from Roger Stark (1:125/28)
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saying:
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> The AT&T Phone Home card (whereby college kids can phone home free
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> and ask for money) uses 311 as an access code. It's 311 + A/C + local
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> phone + four-digit passcode.
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Is this true? The only time I've seen 311 is in movies and advertisements
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when a fake area code was needed for a phone. I thought Call-Me card
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calls were dialed in the same way as regular calling card calls.
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Roger Stark continues:
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> The 211 so far seems to be a COPT/COCOT number for coin credits and
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> such, but this is probably simply an internal number which doesn't
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> actually get dialed on a real phone line.
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As other TELECOM Digest readers have noted, the 211 code is used for
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different purposes by different telephone companies. Bell Canada
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doesn't seem to use it at all.
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Nigel Allen - via FidoNet node 1:250/98
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INTERNET: Nigel.Allen@f438.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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[Moderator's Note: Many years ago, the old Bell System always had the
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number 311-555-2368 shown on the dial of phones in advertisements and
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display windows, etc. I think this would have been 1960-ish. I think
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his information on Call-Me cards is wrong. To dial one of those calls,
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one merely dials 0 + AC + number, wait for bong, four digit PIN, #.
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When dialing the number to which a card is assigned -- at least under
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the old ATT/local Bell combine card system -- one needs merely to zero
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plus the number and add the PIN when requested. Appending the pound
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sign (#) to the end speeds the processing since this indicates your
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dialing has been completed. A bit set in a database somewhere said if
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the PIN did not match to that specific phone number, to deny the call.
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Is the new system (separate AT&T cards) different? PAT]
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--- Fred-Uf 1.8(L)[BETA]
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* Origin: Megabyte BBS, UUCP, Fidonet, IMEx, total messaging (1:340/201.0)
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