Article: 2343 of comp.dcom.telecom.tech From: Joseph Singer Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom.tech,alt.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phone number "read-back" number? Date: 31 Aug 2001 04:17:42 GMT Organization: Oz.net Internet Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <9mn356$cak$0@216.39.168.12> References: <01HW.B7B3B7C6002ADB630486C0D0@news.dnai.com> Reply-To: dov@WashingtonStateResident.oz.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.39.168.12 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 X-No-Archive: yes Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!sjc-feed.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!feed1-in.uncensored-news.com!news.alt.net!oz.net!usenet Xref: archive.mv.meer.net comp.dcom.telecom.tech:2343 alt.dcom.telecom:68 Try: 101-0732-1-770-988-9664 (Georgia) you'll get a tone followed by your number followed by tone 8880 009889. I don't know what the numbers after the second tone mean, but it'll tell you the line you're calling from. The number does not supe so you won't be charged. It's a special test number for AT&T. There's also another similar number in the Pittsburgh area that behaves similarly. The number read back is ANI rather than CID so if there's some reason that your number isn't actually the number say if you're calling from a PBX/Centrex the number will be the actual trunk used rather than a directory number. On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 9:28:38 -0700, DaveC wrote: >Looking for a "read-back" nuber that will tell me what line I'm calling from. > >Yes, I know about using a cell phone w/CID, etc. > >If you have an toll-free read-back number, or a local Pac Bell (SF Bay area) >number, please contact me via private e-mail.