---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200315225721.GA32650@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:57:21 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: How to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone NEW YORK - You're washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs - your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live for two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. https://fox4kc.com/tracking-coronavirus/how-to-clean-the-bundle-of-germs-that-is-your-phone/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200315174625.GA26738@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 17:46:25 +0000 From: Bill Horne <invalid@see-sig.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Keystone On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 02:08:32PM -0700, Jay Hennigan wrote: > On 3/8/20 20:39, Michael Moroney wrote: > > >Also for some stupid reason I remember 113 was a special number on our > >own phone system, but now, I have no clue what that number was even > >for! Did some areas have several 11x special numbers? > > Pacific Telephone in Southern California did. > > 113 - Information (later called "Directory Assistance") > 114 - Repair service > 116 - Emergency > 117 - Test board (not advertised to the public) This list reminds me of the codes we were taught to use on toll test boards at New England Telephone: 121 - Inward Operator 131 - Rate & Route 141 - Inforation 161 - Toll Test Board I don't know if the "Toll Test Board" codes were used anywhere but AT&T: all the N.E.T. offices I worked with had regular phone numbers. I don't know why. -- Bill Horne eQwilliRamhoMrne@gmail.com (Remove QRM from my email adress to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <kJbbG.1010563$hD4.158759@fx47.iad> Date: 14 Mar 2020 14:08:32 -0700 From: "Jay Hennigan" <jay@west.net> Subject: Re: Keystone On 3/8/20 20:39, Michael Moroney wrote: > Also for some stupid reason I remember 113 was a special number on our > own phone system, but now, I have no clue what that number was even > for! Did some areas have several 11x special numbers? Pacific Telephone in Southern California did. 113 - Information (later called "Directory Assistance") 114 - Repair service 116 - Emergency 117 - Test board (not advertised to the public) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 16 Mar 2020