Re: NOC Phone Number Time (Re: Microsoft NOC?)

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>]

On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 11:57:45AM +0200, Foley, Grant wrote:
> > 1-800 numbers are difficult to dial outside the US.
>
> Not if you dial 1-880 instead....

To clarify, certain areas have a dialling hack that allows you to dial
either +1 880 to get an equivalent 800 number, or +880, as long as you
pay the charges.  It's been a while since this came up on c.d.t, but I
believe it was a Canada hack, implemented the former way, rather than an
international hack, implemented the latter.

Of course, the former hack will die the minute someone allocates 880,
but I think that code's reserved.

Cheers,
-- jra
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