Bj”rn Forsstr”m wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 BF> I have written it down for futurity use. Thanks.

'Welcome.

 BF> I have to ask you about someting I often see in US movies.
 BF> They always say 555 before their telephone number and then 4 more
 BF> digits. What is 555. A area cod or what. They use it even if it is
 BF> San Francisco, LA or NY or is it something that is used only in
 BF> movies?

It's a bogus telephone prefix, except as noted below.  It is used to
prevent people from actually calling the numbers should the real prefix be
used, and they, in themselves, would be fictitous, hence the use of 555. As
far as I know, it's used in TV programs and the movies and the phone
company.

Exceptions: There used to be a 1-800-555-1212 long distance information
number.  I no longer have a long distance carrier, so I don't know if that
is still in effect.  Also, one can dial 1-700-555-4141 to verify who their
long distance carrier is.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+