1-800 number puzzler:

The number I was trying to dial was 408 445 3010, a real company in San Jose called Wafer Process Systems. We use some of their controllers.

What I actually dialed was 1-800 445 3010 purely by accident.

It is bizarre.

A robot voice comes up spitting out a series of numbers the meaning of which I have no idea. Maybe some of you can tell?

You can dial that # and hear it for yourself.

So the first time:

it spit out 900-32-7-1-1-4-0-7-8-5-8-1

second time: 200-18-7-1-1-4-5-7-8-5-8-1

Third time I tried: 100-32-7-1-1-4-0-7-8-5-8-1

What in the world is going on here?

hmm, that is (9 or 2 or 1)00-(32 or 18)-7-1-1-4-(5 or 0)-7-8-5-8-1

Does everyone who rings it get the same pattern? (I'm in the uk so iI'll be charged for an international call if I ring it). 1-800 numbers know the number that is ringing them, so it could be derived from that.

Originally posted by iamatiger
hmm, that is (9 or 2 or 1)00-(32 or 18)-7-1-1-4-(5 or 0)-7-8-5-8-1

Does everyone who rings it get the same pattern? (I'm in the uk so iI'll be charged for an international call if I ring it). 1-800 numbers know the number that is ringing them, so it could be derived from that.

I called it from my house (I had called from work) just now and got this:
300, 68, 7, 1, 1, 4, 0,7, 8, 5, 8, 1

Second call:
900, 55, 7, 1, 1, 4, 0, 7, 8, 5, 8, 1

Anyone in the US want to call?

900, 46, 7, 1, 1, 4, 0, 7, 8, 5, 8, 1

900, 29, 7, 1, 1, 4, 0, 7, 8, 5, 8, 1

Possibility of a line conditioning diagnostic of some kind, only meaningful to the technician who's making the call.

Originally posted by Kewpie
Possibility of a line conditioning diagnostic of some kind, only meaningful to the technician who's making the call.

A possibility I guess. How it would relate to signal to noise ratio's I don't know.
Latest #'s: 1800, 32, the rest the same. Again: 900,32 etc.

If it was designed for a technician to ring then I think the useful info would be in the first, and perhaps the second number, and they do seem to be the most variable. The rest of the numbers could be a software version or something.

Originally posted by iamatiger
If it was designed for a technician to ring then I think the useful info would be in the first, and perhaps the second number, and they do seem to be the most variable. The rest of the numbers could be a software version or something.

It's a bit bizarre no matter how you look at it.