We're in the US, and yes 811 is the underground utility line, but I don't think any of our carriers will pass it. I don't recall the details on who does what, but carriers like Intelliquent, Bandwidth, and thinQ all do 911 testing on 711/811.
Yeah, I just tried 811 to Intelliquent and it read back my phone number. On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:14 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > What country is this? I believe 811 is supposed to be a USA-wide number to > call for locating utilities for digging projects. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Carlos Alvarez" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:10:37 AM > *Subject: *Re: [VoiceOps] Three Digit Numbers > > We don't handle any others in a traditional way. Well, 611 is actually in > place, to our support line, but it has never once been used. 811 and 711 > are used for 911 testing without a real 911 call, as carriers mostly use > those for automated systems that return your 911 info. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 7:55 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What three digit numbers are commonly in use and how are people routing >> them? >> >> Obviously there's 911 and that has a whole routing ecosystem. >> What about 811? 311? X11? >> >> >> What other special numbers are people handling? >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> VoiceOps mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > >
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