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From: Alex Snow <alex_snow@gmx.net>
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It's prefix scanning. basically you (or a computer) calls every number 
in your prefix and looks for a carier i.e. a computer to answer the 
phone. not as popular as it was 10 years ago but it's still out there.
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Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:02:31PM +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote:
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