SWAT MAGAZINE ISSUE FOUR: APRIL 1998* ************************************* ______ __ __ ______ _____ __ __ ______ ______ ______ | \| | | || \ | ___| /\ | | / / | ____|| \ / ____/ | 0 || |_| || 0 | | |__ / \ | |/ / | |__ | 0 | / /____ | __/| _ || |__ \ | ___| / /\ \ | |\ \ | ___| | __ \/_____ / | | | | | || | \ \ | |___ / /__\ \ | | \ \ | |___ | | \ \____/ / |__| |_| |_||_| \_\|_____|_/ \_\|_| \_\|______||_| \_\____/ GUIDE TO Direct numbers By -=The Firestarter=- _______ ______________ / / |10p | Coins | | / | | |__| | | / |_____|_______| | | | 1 2 3| | | | | 4 5 6| |\/| | | | | 7 8 9| | | | | \ | # 0 *| | | \ |______|______| \_____\ | || | \|___________________| Ok let me clear up a few things, I'm sure that your familiar with the 0800 89 xxxx prefix. Ok I wasn't too sure how they worked so I foned the oparator and asked her. Here's what she said: The company who owns the 0800 number pays for the call, ok so I knew that. I asked her about the 0800 89 prefix and she didn't have a clue, she was kind enough to ask her boss and it turns out that all 0800 numbers are in Britain, the 89 prifix must go to a company in britain and get forwarded overseas to the company they belong to, it is then up to that company to settle the bill with BT. Here is a list of a few Direct lines: 0800 890011 USA Direct AT&T 0800 890016 Canada Direct 0800 890027 South Africa Direct 0800 890031 Netherlands Direct 0800 890032 Belgium Direct 0800 890033 France Direct 0800 890034 Spain Direct 0800 890036 Hungary Direct 0800 890038 Yugoslavia Direct 0800 890039 Italy Direct 0800 890042 Czechoslovakia Direct 0800 890043 Austria Direct 0800 890045 Denmark Direct 0800 890046 Sweden Direct 0800 890047 Norway Direct 0800 890049 Germany Direct 0800 890055 Brazil Direct 0800 890056 Chile Direct 0800 890061 Australia Direct 0800 890064 New Zealand Direct 0800 890065 Singapore Direct 0800 890066 Thailand Direct 0800 890081 Japan Direct 0800 890082 Korea Direct 0800 890123 Bermuda Direct 0800 890212 Morocco Direct 0800 890222 USA Direct MCI 0800 890351 Portugal Direct 0800 890353 Eire Direct 0800 890357 Cyprus Direct 0800 890358 Finland Direct 0800 890808 Hawaii Direct 0800 890852 Hong Kong Direct 0800 890877 USA Direct Sprint 0800 890909 BT International 0800 893300 Engineering test line, Hungary 0800 894278 Microtest 0800 894382 Novell Support: DOS7 & Personal Netware 0800 896980 J C Penney USA retailer 0800 897120 Quarterdeck UK 0800 897121 Holiday Inn 0800 897125 Phoenix Datacom 0800 898563 Iomega 0800 898604 Piste Artiste 0800 898888 Sun Express (Netherlands) 0800 899002 National Pen, Manchester 0800 899688 Sprint/Travelex pre-paid phone cards You can also try random dialing, Crisp did this and managed to get hold of a woman in Calafornia, after some sad attempts he handed me the phone and I carried out a conversasion with her for about 25 minutes, we discussed quite a lot of stuff, so it just comes to show that if your board you can always find somebody to talk to. A number that I have found is 0800 895421 I haven't a clue as to what it is, it seems to be either a fax or computer, if you can find out what it is then let me know. Here are a few numbers that Barakis has found: 0800 89 2825 = A really cheaky bitch 0800 89 2628 = A really cool computer company 0800 89 5511 = Something japaneese 0800 89 1113 = Elanoy tools 0800 89 9998 = Some Irish cow 0800 89 8732 = Barcleys voice mail 0800 89 7731 = Finnish broardcasting Bruise called Yugoslavia direct and confessed to stuffing cardboard into the fone card slots and sat back and watched as the fone repair guys tryed to get them out with a screwdriver and tourists tried with pen knives. Barakis is working on a database of the 0800 89 xxxx numbers and that will be with you as soon as it's compleated. A good idea is to phone AT&T Direct and use a calling card, you can get Calling Card generators from verious sites, well use it and if your lucky then you will get a free call. There has to be a lot of fun to be had with the overseas phone systems, feel free to e-mail me what you do find out.