
     The 950 prefix is a very strange one indeed.  It was created by Ma Bell,
God rest her soul, for all the SCC's (Specialized common carrier) to place
their services upon.  This would have of benifit to them because they could
have the same dialup in all cities (for instance, SPC could be 950-1000
everywhere in the U.S.)  For reasons I am unsure of, the carriers rejected
their proposal (but some SCC's are there anyway).

     One of the disadvantages of the 950 prefix is that 950 is a special ESS
that can trace yourt calls so fast it would make your head spin, so use them
only from pay stations (Fortress Phones, Pay Booths, etc.).

     Some of the nice things about them is that they (usually) give crystal
clear connections.  Skyline and Lexitel are two that have these good
connections.  Another thing is that 950 is a free call from a PayStation!

     Bell was supposed to drag down the 950 prefix, but I guess they never got
around to doing it.

     Here is the list of all the 950 numbers I know of at this time. But
remember, they trace at the first sign of trouble:

          950-1000.....SPC (Southern Pacific Comm.)
          950-1022.....MCI Execunet
          950-1033.....U.S. Telephone (new company)
          950-1044.....AllNet
          950-1066.....Lexitel
          950-1088.....SBS Skyline

     This is it for now, I really don't know of anything else to contribute
then leave mail for The Courier.

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