Problems calling 800 number

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"Phillip Devoll" <phillip@devoll.org> wrote in message news:b6Oee.13731$J12.2832@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
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> "John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
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>> "Phillip" <phillipdevoll@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> >I have talked to people and they say my phone number is from the state of
>> > Nevada.... when my phone number is in the 530 are code...
>>
>> Ask them to read back the number as displayed on their caller ID.
>> Are they seeing 530-XXX-XXXX?
>>
>> --
>> John Richards
>>
> Sometime no they read backa nevada phone number

This does sound like a problem with Sprint's ANI system. ANI is
used to deliver the caller's phone number to toll-free destinations.

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John Richards

 

[Phillip]

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it was a Reno Nevada phone number
"John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Paul Miner" <pminer@elrancho.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:07:07 -0700, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
>> wrote:
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>>>Phillip wrote:
>>>> I have talked to people and they say my phone number is from the state
>>>> of Nevada.... when my phone number is in the 530 are code...
>>>
>>>Then they're not only idiots, but lazy. It's not hard to look up which
>>>state an area code is in. You could probably even do it via google.
>>>
>>>702 and 775 are the only area codes in Nevada. 702 is Greater Las Vegas.
>>>775 is everywhere else in the state.
>>
>> I don't think he's saying that people don't know where certain area
>> codes are from. He's saying that people are reading "his" area code
>> back to him, and it's not correct.
>
> Yeah, that's why I asked him to get these called people to read back
> to him exactly what they're seeing. So far he hasn't revealed the exact
> (supposedly Nevada) area code.
>
> --
> John Richards

 

[Phillip]

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it is not only 800 phone numbers some none 800 phone numbers.....


"John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Phillip Devoll" <phillip@devoll.org> wrote in message
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>> "John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:S75ee.1350$Jz2.1233@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>>> "Phillip" <phillipdevoll@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:LYXde.934$X21.352@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>>> >I have talked to people and they say my phone number is from the state
>>> >of
>>> > Nevada.... when my phone number is in the 530 are code...
>>>
>>> Ask them to read back the number as displayed on their caller ID.
>>> Are they seeing 530-XXX-XXXX?
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Richards
>>>
>> Sometime no they read backa nevada phone number
>
> This does sound like a problem with Sprint's ANI system. ANI is used to
> deliver the caller's phone number to toll-free destinations.
>
> --
> John Richards
>

 

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Phillip wrote:
>
> it is not only 800 phone numbers some none 800 phone numbers.....
>
> <snip>

Huh?

Notan

 

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Although toll-free calling is the most common use for ANI, it
is also used by 911, and many commercial services.

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John Richards


"Phillip" <phillipdevoll@comcast.net> wrote in message news:AW5ge.15192$J12.7444@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> it is not only 800 phone numbers some none 800 phone numbers.....
>
>
> "John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
> news:dlSee.1496$mr4.197@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
>> "Phillip Devoll" <phillip@devoll.org> wrote in message
>> news:b6Oee.13731$J12.2832@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
>>>
>>> "John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:S75ee.1350$Jz2.1233@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>>>> "Phillip" <phillipdevoll@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:LYXde.934$X21.352@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>>>> >I have talked to people and they say my phone number is from the state
>>>> >of
>>>> > Nevada.... when my phone number is in the 530 are code...
>>>>
>>>> Ask them to read back the number as displayed on their caller ID.
>>>> Are they seeing 530-XXX-XXXX?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> John Richards
>>>>
>>> Sometime no they read backa nevada phone number
>>
>> This does sound like a problem with Sprint's ANI system. ANI is used to
>> deliver the caller's phone number to toll-free destinations.