"Blue Fuzzy Numbers"
compiled by: TestSet Johnny
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...TelCo Test Numbers...
...Strange Recordings...
...Unlisted Oddities...
...and lots of other telephonic-esoterica that you can dial from the
comfort of your own keypad...
(additions and/or corrections welcomed, E-Mail: testset@iname.com)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> last update: 09/21/99 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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RAMjam, and of course... Bill "The Thrill" Limpar
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::Abbreviations::
These are the rather cryptic abbreviations & terms I've been using in my own
notes for many years now. Feel free to learn them, use them, & love them.
ACB - All Circuits Busy (recording)
AM - Answering Machine
ANAC - Automatic Number Announcement Circuit
ATMS - Automated Trunk Maintenance/Measurement System (how she works is beyond me)
CBC - Cannot Be Completed (recording)
CFT - Checked For Trouble (recording)
CS - Customer Service/Support
DGT - Didn't Go Through (recording)
DHC - Due to Heavy Calling (recording)
DIS - DISconnected (recording)
HBC - Has Been Changed (recording)
LD - Long Distance (like I needed to tell you)
MBX - MailBoX
NIS - Not In Service (recording)
NIV - Number InValid (recording)
NPA - Numbering Plan Area (area code to everybody else)
OGM - Out Going Message
PA - Person Answered
PBX - Private Branch eXchange
REC - RECording
RO - Ring Out (just keeps ringing)
VMS - Voice Mail/Message System
YCA - cannot be reached from Your Calling Area (recording)
::Glossary::
dialtone - usually indicates a PBX or LD service
reflector - number that delays & resends received audio, ie: echo (exactly why, I don't know)
reorder - fast busy signal
ring busy - number that's always busy
suped - toll call
tone - so called "milliwatt tone" or "loop tone" (various durations)
unsuped - free call (most intercept recordings are unsuped)
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::Notes on Accuracy::
While I (sometimes/almost/mostly) try to keep this file up-to-date, time
has a tendency to obliterate even the best of man's organization. Simply
put; numbers change. The more reflective individual might ponder, in a Zen
sort of way of course, that one could possibly learn something by observing
what a particular number changed into... but then again, if a lineman falls
from a pole in the forest, does he truly make a noise? Regardless, I'll try
to keep things updated. (By the way, at one time or another I actually have
checked out/dialed everything contained in this list.)
::Notes on Scan Results::
This list of numbers cuts right to the chase, or rather; this list of numbers
was never intended to be a detailed, number by number scan result list.
(Such wonders are kept in other files on my WebPage and are noted accordingly
below.) A detailed scan list--one that notes what EVERY number in a given
range and/or exchange does--can sometimes demonstrate a pattern regarding
number assignments; a sort of method to Big Brother TelCo's madness if you
will. Then again, reading though such a list can get a little stuffy after a
while, which is why the Blue Fuzzy Numbers file is supposed to be the meat on
the bone, as opposed to the whole muscular-skeletal system. (Wait a second,
am I mixing metaphors again?)
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::Numbers::
xxx 959 xxxx See the "959 Exchange of Mystery" file (XXX959.TXT) for more info
215 867 xxxx ACB (at least I think the whole range gives ACB)
315 233 0000 ACB
315 233 0999 ACB
315 233 110x ACB
315 233 1110 ACB
315 233 1111 ACC-TeleCom CS Department
315 422 9902 "Enter your credit union ID followed by #"
315 474 9968 "P&C Stadium East Pump Station & Alarm" (announces various stats)
315 474 9969 "P&C Stadium West Pump Station" (announces various stats)
315 673 9990 Reorder
315 673 9995 Tone (repeats)
315 673 9996 Reorder
315 673 9997 ATMS?
315 673 9998 Reorder
315 673 9999 Reorder
315 695 9963 Tone (repeats)
315 695 9990 Reorder
315 695 9991 Tone (no repeat)
315 695 9992 Tone (repeats)
315 695 9994 ATMS?
315 695 9995 Tone (repeats)
315 695 9996 Reorder
315 695 9997 ATMS?
320 255 0000 Tone (suped)
330 222 0077 Ring+cheap DIS (includes feedback squeal!)
334 223 0000 "Your call CBC with the access code you dialed..."
334 223 0002 Ring+silence+2 short & soft clicks
334 223 0003 PA: "Bell South operator..."
334 223 0004 Reflector
334 223 0005 "Bell South"+reorder
334 223 0006 Silence that times out to a scratchy, open connection
334 223 0008 Ring+reorder
334 223 0010 Silence (not busy when 0006 is dialed, goes up & down)
334 223 0012 Silence (busy when 0006 is dialed)
334 223 0018 Reorder
334 223 0019 Reorder
334 223 0020 Reorder
334 223 0021 Tone
334 223 0022 Tone
334 223 0023 Reorder
334 223 0024 ACB
334 223 0025 Reorder
334 223 0026 Reorder
334 223 0027 Ring Busy
334 223 0028 Tone
334 223 0030 "You have reached the Montgomery DMS100 Test MBX..."
334 223 0033 "It is not necessary to dial 1 or 0..."
334 223 0034 "You must first dial 1 or 0..."
334 223 0035 "CBC, with the access code you dialed..."
334 223 0036 "LD company access code is required..."
334 223 0037 "Due to network difficulties your call CBC..."
334 223 0038 "CBC, from the phone you are using..." (payphone)
334 223 0039 "CBC, call attendant for help..."
334 223 0040 "Not necessary to dial a LD co. access code for the number you have dialed..."
334 223 0041 DGT
334 223 0042 "The LD company you have selected is unable to complete your call..."
334 223 0043 DGT
334 223 0045 "If you'd like to make a call..."
334 223 0047 ACB
334 223 0048 DHC
334 223 0049 "DHC the operator will be delayed in assisting you..."
334 223 0050 Ring+odd tone (not constant, volume changes, busy if called on other line)
334 223 0052 Tone
334 223 0053 5 clicks+3 short tones+disconnect
334 223 0054 Ring+short carrier burst
334 223 0097 "CBC, please call your repair service..."
334 223 0098 3 dialtone winks+soild dialtone for 3 seconds+reorder
334 223 0099 Tone
334 223 0600 NPA Test Line
334 223 0601 NPA Test Line
360 333 3333 Reorder
404 893 3780 Dialtone
410 502 0099 NIS (call divert message for Johns/Hopkins Medical)
512 485 xxxx Time Warner Communications Test Exchange!!! (see e5's "(512)485 Scan Results" file (512485.TXT) for more info)
512 836 99xx See e5's "(512)836-99xx Scan Results" file (512836.TXT) for more info
570 208 0078 Tone
570 208 0079 Tone
570 333 0000 Commonwealth Telephone info line
570 333 0078 Tone
570 333 0079 Tone
570 555 xxxx Reorder
570 648 0099 NPA Test Line (Shamokin office via Bloomsburg access tandem)
570 822 0099 NPA Test Line (Wilkes Barre office via Scranton access tandem)
570 929 0078 Tone
570 929 0079 Tone
570 929 9090 CFT
580 213 7111 Defense Switched Network directory assistance (to quote Suess: "Ask for NORAD")
(you can always visit the DSN at http://dsnbbs.ncr.disa.mil/)
660 778 xxxx Weird beeping-buzzer noise (duration varies)
700 555 4141 Identifies your primary LD carrier (unsuped)
717 xxx xxxx PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST 717 NUMBERS ARE NOW NPA 570 (I've also been informed that many have given up the ghost;
I'll try to run through them and do a re-list soon)
717 222 0078 Tone
717 222 0079 Tone
717 222 0099 ANI
717 222 2222 Gives 4 dialtone "winks"
717 225 0000 Tone
717 225 0099 Tone
717 228 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 228 0078 Tone
717 228 0079 Tone
717 260 0079 "The number has been temporarily disconnected..."
717 290 4499 Reorder
717 290 5001 Ring+"All HIS systems are currently available..." (suped)
717 292 0000 Tone
717 331 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 333 0000 Commonwealth Telephone help info (long recording)
717 358 0079 Tone
717 401 0079 Reorder
717 402 0078 Tone
717 402 0079 Tone
717 441 0001 DGT
717 441 0002 ACB
717 441 0003 "You must first dial a 1 or 0 when calling..."
717 441 0004 "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up & try again..."
717 441 0005 "Your call CBC, please read the instruction card..."
717 441 0006 "You must first dial a 1 when calling..."
717 441 0007 "Due to telephone company facility trouble..."
717 441 0008 "It is not necessary to dial 1 when calling this number..."
717 445 0078 "This is the test number for the Terry Hill exchange..." (suped)
717 445 0079 Tone (suped)
717 546 0079 Tone (unsuped)
717 546 2324 AllTel Action Line for Unresolved Complaints (unsuped)
717 552 0078 Tone
717 552 0079 Tone
717 565 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 583 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 603 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 612 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 630 0000 Tone (unsuped)
717 630 0077 Silence
717 630 0079 Tone (suped)
717 643 0000 "Number identification error"
717 643 0077 Silence (suped)
717 643 0078 Tone (suped)
717 643 0079 Tone (suped)
717 645 0000 Reorder
717 645 0100 Tone
717 645 0105 Reorder
717 645 0200 Reorder
717 645 0202 Tone
717 645 0203 Silence
717 645 0205 Reorder
717 645 0300 AllTel Operator
717 645 9078 Silence
717 645 9079 Tone
717 645 9080 Tone
717 646 0000 "Number identification error"
717 646 0078 Tone (suped)
717 646 0079 Tone (suped)
717 661 0079 Tone
717 662 0079 Tone
717 663 0002 "Due to telephone company facility trouble..."
717 663 0003 "The number you have dialed is on your party line.."
717 663 0004 ACB
717 663 0005 "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up & try again..."
717 663 0006 "This out of zone WATS call CBC on this WATS trunk..."
717 663 0007 "You must first dial a 1 or 0 when calling..."
717 663 0008 "The number you have dialed requires a coin deposit..."
717 663 0009 Citizen TelCom help info (long recording)
717 663 0011 "You must first dial a 1 or 0 plus the area code..."
717 663 0012 "You may not dial a 1 when placing this call..."
717 663 0102 Tone
717 668 0037 ATMS
717 668 0072 Reorder
717 668 0078 Tone
717 668 0079 Tone
717 668 0081 Reorder
717 668 0096 Ring Busy
717 668 0099 Ring+tone
717 669 0078 Tone
717 669 0079 Tone
717 669 0081 Reorder
717 669 0099 Ring+tone
717 669 9939 Ring+"CBC, please check the instruction manual or call the business office..."
717 690 0078 Tone (suped)
717 690 0079 Tone (suped)
717 705 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 718 0078 Tone
717 718 0079 Tone
717 725 0005 "You have dialed another party on your line..."
717 728 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 791 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 819 4499 "Special Operator, what area code are you calling please?"
717 830 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 972 0000 High Mark Emergency Weather Line
717 985 0000 NIS (says it's an 800 number)
717 996 xxxx Reorder
718 238 9901 77nth St. DMS100 "verification number"
734 457 0148 NPA Test Line
740 373 7403 NPA Test Line
770 988 9664 ANAC
800 205 8378 Fujitsu Cellular Automated Phone System (since 2/97, offers NAM programming info by faxback!)
800 211 3000 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 212 xxxx Reorder (since 2/97, is the whole 212 range dead?!?)
800 219 8378 Silence
800 222 3000 AT&T Repair Service Center (also gives ownership of 800's--press 2 from top, then option 1, then enter number+#)
800 228 1111 Credit card check for vendors (since at least '93, hit # after the tone)
800 228 8556 NECA News Line
800 235 8378 Different "We're having difficulties..." REC (since 2/97)
800 245 8378 "This is not a valid number"+long pause, followed by three DTMF's, then: "73"+beep, followed by a weird busy
800 250 xxxx See "Toll Free 250 Test Range Scan Results" file (250SCAN.TXT) for more info
800 252 8378 DGT (since 2/97)
800 259 3503 Dialtone
800 260 8378 Pause then Ring Busy?
800 264 2255 NTC Long Distance info (gives instructions in about 5 languages)
800 274 7325 DGT
800 276 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 283 6669 Plays the same 3 start tones about 10 times (spells A-UFO-NOW)
800 288 2880 Dialtone (OCI I do believe)
800 290 8378 Y2K Answer Line for Financial Advisors (just buy gold and bury it in the backyard)
800 302 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 303 8378 Plays the same 3 start tones about 10 times
800 311 9006 Plays a single DTMF+ACB
800 312 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 315 8377 "Please hold for a conference Operator..." (Frontier Confertec)
800 321 0599 Weird tone like a short carrier burst (since 9/93)
800 323 3406 Robo-dude (male voice) reads off a varying series of numbers, plays some MF tones, then busys!!!
800 323 7861 Very odd scratchy, aliasing type noise that responds to DTMF's (data-burst maybe?)
800 337 4194 Ameritech ID Service for Toll Free Numbers (gives ownership of 800's, easier to use than AT&T's 800 222 3000)
800 411 6800 Robo-dude (male voice) reads off a varying series of numbers, plays some MF tones, then busys!!!
800 421 1122 Robo-dude (male voice) reads off a varying series of numbers, plays some MF tones, then busys!!!
800 426 3323 Bell Atlantic CS Info Line (but it spells I-AM-DEAD!!!)
800 442 1399 "Please enter your authorization code now or press 88# for CS or recharging"
800 442 1699 Loud tone that sounds like a screwed up carrier; duration is about 23 seconds
800 442 5599 High pitched tone that lasts for about 3 seconds and rises slightly in pitch near the end (responds to DTMF's)
800 443 3362 "NIS, please contact our company directly" (spells HIDDEN-2)
800 443 3366 Choppy YCA REC that cuts out a lot and has a weird accent (spells HIDDEN-6)
800 447 3863 Weird ring followed by a short dialtone, then it beeps and chirps (responds to DTMF's)
800 467 9624 Reorder (since 2/97, spells IN-SYNCH)
800 477 3863 Waste Management Company's automated job questionaire (see if you got what it takes to be a waste manager!)
800 536 3273 Frontier TeleCom Info Line
800 555 2342 Dialtone (seems to like 7 digit combos)
800 555 2558 Dialtone (seems to like 5 digit combos)
800 555 3585 Dialtone (seems to like 4 digit combos)
800 555 5733 Constant tone (slightly high pitched) that gives a dialtone after it gets any 6 DTMF's
800 555 8226 Constant tone that responds to DTMF's & seems to like 2 digit combos
800 555 9887 Constant tone that responds to DTMF's & seems to like 5 digit combos
800 562 7242 CIA Recruitment Center/Info Line (become part of the problem)
800 599 9090 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 611 8791 Reflector (sometimes just silence)
800 653 7625 "Service not yet available, you will not be billed for this call." (spells OLD-SOCK)
800 681 6457 "Welcome to The Conferencing Center... please hold for a conference operator"
800 699 0088 Ring+reorder (since 2/97)
800 699 0077 Ring+reorder (since 2/97)
800 699 1000 Ring+reorder (since 2/97)
800 699 7999 Ring+reorder (since 2/97)
800 711 9999 Silence (goes up & down)
800 729 9346 Reorder
800 770 8378 Land o'Lakes Test Results System (very bizarre, it tells you the chemical makeup of various butter vats!!!)
800 772 2331 Gives short series of tones & responds to DTMF's (spells SPACED-1, see also 800 804 5769)
800 802 5773 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 804 5769 Gives short series of tones & responds to DTMF's (see also 800 772 2331)
800 804 5770 Weird beeps (since 2/97)
800 804 5771 Weird beeps (since 2/97)
800 804 5772 Weird beeps (since 2/97)
800 804 5773 Silence
800 804 5777 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 818 0004 Reorder
800 818 0006 Reorder
800 818 0007 Reorder
800 826 6290 Bell South Automated Help Line
800 835 5246 Department of Defence ??? "Hotline" (go figure)
800 836 4355 Rings then reorders (spells UFO-HELL!!!)
800 867 5309 Used to be a MBX for "Jenny", who'd ask what you thought of her song, now it just reorders (sigh)
800 891 8378 Reorder
800 901 8378 Silence+3 clicks+reorder (since 2/97)
800 902 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 902 9999 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 912 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 912 9999 Reorder
800 914 8378 DGT (since 2/97)
800 915 9999 Reorder
800 927 4263 Plays the same 3 start tones about 10 times (since 2/97, spells WARGAME)
800 927 8378 Tone (since 2/97)
800 929 8378 Silence (sometimes reorder)
800 939 8378 Teaches you how to use an MCI calling card! (since 2/97)
800 941 8378 Plays 4 DTMF's & says: "Welcome to the HNA test line" (since 2/97)
800 943 8378 DGT
800 952 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 952 9999 DGT
800 953 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 977 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 979 9799 "0303, you have dialed an invalid location." (since 2/97)
800 983 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 986 0004 Plays the same 3 start tones about 10 times (since 2/97)
800 986 8378 "The 800 number you have dialed is a test 800 number, this recording will disconnect" (up & down since 2/97)
800 988 8378 Reorder (since 2/97)
800 999 8378 Frontier Dialup, asks for 4 digit pin (9999 for CS)
800 999 9333 Reorder (since '93)
877 1xx xxxx Reorder (probably my local switch, but it's the only 1xx exchange that reorders for me)
877 200 0000 Reorder
877 200 0002 Reorder
877 252 6007 DGT
877 279 0000 Reorder
877 330 0000 "We're sorry the program you are accessing is not presently in our database..."
877 330 9999 "We're sorry the program you are accessing is not presently in our database..."
877 428 9999 "You've reached the Econophone test message..."
877 440 9999 "We're sorry the program you are accessing is not presently in our database..."
877 550 9999 "We're sorry the program you are accessing is not presently in our database..."
877 645 8378 Ring Busy
877 645 9999 "You've reached the Econophone test message..."
877 660 9999 "We're sorry the program you are accessing is not presently in our database..."
877 663 9999 "You've reached the Econophone test message..."
877 700 9999 Rings 3-4 times then reorders
877 777 7788 Rings 3-4 times then reorders
877 866 8378 Silence
877 869 8378 DGT
877 877 8378 Cheap NIS w/static on the message loop!
877 877 9999 "We're sorry the program you are accessing is not presently in our database..."
877 880 9999 "You've reached the Econophone test message..."
877 935 9999 DGT
877 962 9999 Reorder
877 970 9999 Reorder
877 971 9999 Reorder
877 972 9999 Reorder
877 973 9999 Reorder
877 974 9999 Reorder
877 975 9999 Reorder
877 976 9999 Reorder
877 977 9999 Reorder
877 978 9999 Reorder
877 980 9999 Reorder
877 981 9999 Reorder
877 982 9999 Reorder
877 983 9999 Reorder
877 984 9999 Reorder
877 998 9997 Reorder
877 998 9998 Reorder
877 998 9999 Robo-dude (male voice) reads off a varying series of numbers, plays some MF tones, then busys!!!
888 211 9000 Ring+silence
888 441 4141 Reorder
888 553 0000 Reorder
888 582 3688 Lucent Technologies CS
888 600 8378 Tone (spells 600-TEST)
888 622 0003 Reorder
888 741 7411 Reorder
888 874 1236 Some telecom company's time and temp line (CST)
888 874 8378 Reorder (used to just be scratchy silence)
888 876 5432 Reorder
888 966 9999 "This number is NIS & is the property of ???"
888 979 1000 Reorder
888 989 9001 Reorder (since 2/97)
888 989 9002 Reorder (since 2/97)
954 234 5678 "The number or code you've dialed is incorrect..."
978 725 3228 NPA Test Line
978 725 8378 Continuous series of soft double-clicks (I first found this in NPA 505 a few years back)
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