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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: 21 Nov 92 20:47:36 CST
- From: haydedr@wkuvx1.bitnet (Ross Hayden)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Ringing My Own Phone
- Message-ID: <telecom12.865.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 865, Message 9 of 10
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- I'm new to this newsgroup, and know very little about telephony techno
- stuff. I do hope to learn more here, though.
-
- My question is this: Is there a way to find out a number I can dial
- that will make my phone ring (other than calling a friend and asking
- for a callback)?
-
- In the city I used to live in, you could dial 959-XXXX, where XXXX is
- your phone number suffix, do a little dance on the switchhook by
- hanging up three or four times quickly, and, viola, the phone would
- ring after the final hangup.
-
- I've since moved to another city, and the operators here don't seem to
- know what I'm talking about, and 959-XXXX doesn't work.
-
-
- Thanks in advance for any help!
-
- Ross Hayden haydedr@wkuvx1.bitnet
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: This changes from one town to the next, and
- sometimes the same telco may change it every two or three months.
- There is no standard. Perhaps someone familiar with Bowling Green will
- write you with details. PAT]
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