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. The Courier -=%> The HitchHikerss <%=- Bring Your Towel