[Info-vax] [OT] US telephone numbers, was: Re: OT: Chrome bug with Applet and threading

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-05-25, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
>>>>    1-800-555-1212
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>>> Sorry I'm not in the US.  What does that number do?
>
>> Freephone directory enquiries for the US.
>
>> However, the 555 area code is also reserved for use by fictional programs
>> set in the US, so that real customer phone numbers are not used by mistake.
>
> No, the 555 prefix. I don't know about the 555 area code.
>

Sorry; I meant prefix. I was thinking in terms of a regional (exchange
level) area code instead of the national level area code when I wrote that.

Simon.

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