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There was an existing RJ11 socket in the wall behind my bed. Sadly, nothing more exciting. It's totally possible it was a hiccup. I had been using the line for
by ltc5505 8y ago
There was an existing RJ11 socket in the wall behind my bed. Sadly, nothing more exciting.
It's totally possible it was a hiccup. I had been using the line for weeks with the same number, and then it suddenly started to reliably redirect to emergency dispatch.
I thought I had read previously that numbers containing 911 would redirect in the case that a potential victim has misdialed in a hurry. This incident was over a decade ago, so its possible that I misread an article or found a garbage source.
- drfuchs 8y agoAh, you had a secret handset, not (land)line (or, as per Ernestine, instrument). Basically, decades ago, 411 was the first "N11" to come into common use, for "local directory assistance"; and 611 was for "repair service". But all 8 were reserved ( https://www.nationalnanpa.com/number_resource_info/n11_codes.html https://www.nationalnanpa.com/number_resource_info/n11_codes... ), and there was no way they were going to rescind all the already-existing phone numbers with "11" in them, or even with "911", since they'd been in use forever. Some random examples of real numbers with "911" in them: 800-345-1911 is the South Hackensack office of TransAxle; 800-349-1100 is (or was) Louisiana Health Monitoring.
- ltc5505 8y agoGreat examples and I had never thought to consider the origin, or even relatedness, of the N11 numbers. Thank you for the reference! You are correct, I should have said handset. I'm not sure if this is common, but with the involvement of cellphones in the house my family began referring to any handset in the house as "the landline." Example: "Can you grab the landline in the kitchen, I'm on the cell."