[VoIP] Wawina time number

[Shane Young]

I don't, but I find it interesting.

Can you forward the whole post to me or tell me where I can find it?

Thanks :)

Quoting Donald Froula <dfroula at sbcglobal.net>:

> Shane, this was up on one of the boards. I thought you
> might have an explanation.
>
> Don
>
> ============================================
>
> "I have no explanation for what I found today. I was
> using a standard Windstream CO-controlled payphone,
> with no long distance service. Just for the hell of
> it, I dialed the un-supervising time number in Wawina,
> MN, (218) 488-8463. To my surprise, I got a recording
> by Pat Fleet, along the lines of "Providing the
> accurate time and temperature is one way we're proud
> to serve our community..." It then read the time and
> temperature, but the time was one hour ahead. Wawina's
> time doesn't have Pat Fleet on it, and Wawina is one
> hour behind me. It's obvious that this isn't coming
> from Wawina. If it was coming from my CO, there's no
> published time number, and I've never heard this
> recording before. I don't understand why I'm getting
> this time announcement, and why it only seems to
> happen on 488-8463. I also tried 488-8464, as well as
> other time numbers around the nation, and all of them
> did what a standard call to a long-distance number
> does; gives me a CBCAD recording since the payphone
> isn't capable of placing long distance calls. It's
> quite odd that this number was somehow distinguished
> as a time number. One thing I just thought of is that
> maybe the last 4 digits are significant, as they spell
> out TIME. Maybe I should try random area codes and
> exchanges plus TIME.
>
> If anyone has any thoughts, let me know."
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--Shane
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