The following are examples of long
distance company (other than AT&T) general information and error
recordings.
Files are in MP3
format. Click on a link to listen.
MCI General
Information & Error Recordings
Call Cannot Be Completed
(2002)
MCI's recording informing you that your call cannot be completed as
dialed.
Call Not Completed, Technical difficulties (Sept. 1999)
MCI's recording informing you that your call cannot be completed due
to technical difficulties. This was recorded shortly after Hurricane
Floyd hit Rochelle Park, NJ.
Calls to Mexico Require 10 Digits
(November 2004)
A recording in Spanish then English informing callers to redial the
number to Meixco with 10 digits instead of 8 digits.
Sprint General
Information & Error Recordings
Call Cannot Be Completed (2002)
Sprint's recording informing you that your call cannot be completed
as entered (dialed).
International Call Cannot Be Completed (2002)
Sprint's recording informing your international call cannot be
completed as entered (dialed).
Non Completion Disconnect (2002)
Sprint's recording informing you that the party you're trying to
reach is not answering and is disconnecting your call.
Verizon Long
Distance General Information
& Error Recordings
Verizon Long Distance - Call Cannot Be Completed (December
2003)
Verizon Long Distance Call Cannot Be Completed recording.
Verizon Long Distance - Trouble With
Completion (September 2005)
Verizon Long Distance's recording
indicating that there will be trouble with completion of this call
for an extended period. This appeared after Hurricane Katrina hit
the Gulf Coast area in August 2005.
Verizon Long Distance - Fraud Concerns (October 2003)
Verizon Long Distance's recording stating that the number you dialed
cannot be completed due to fraud concerns. This was from an
attempted international call where the per-minute rates are very
high.
Other Long Distance
Company General Information & Error Recordings
Frontier - Number is Invalid (Sept. 1999)
An old Frontier (now Global Crossing) recording informing you that
number you dialed is invalid.
Vartec - Number Is Invalid (October 2003)
Vartec's recording stating that the number you dialed is invalid.
The voice is "Crystal" from AT&T's
Natural Voices text to speech service.
World Trade
Center Special Error Recordings
Telephone Facility Trouble recordings
for New York City reached by AT&T, MCI/WorldCom, Sprint and Verizon.
The number was for a restaurant and observatory that was once at the
top of 2 World Trade Center in New York City.
Source: MisterRick Productions
Telephone Facility Trouble - AT&T (2001)
Telephone Facility Trouble - MCI WorldCom (2001)
Telephone Facility Trouble - Sprint (2001)
Telephone Facility Trouble - Verizon (2001)
Other
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Long Distance Telephone Company
Verifications
AT&T - General Error Recordings
AT&T - Operator Services Platform
System Recordings
Other Long Distance Company - General
Error Recordings
Other Long Distance Company - Operator Services Platforms
Recordings
Area Code Test & Change Recordings
Canadian Telephone Sounds
North
Pittsburgh Telephone Company Recordings
Cellular/PCS Recordings
Time/Temperature/Weather Forecast
Recordings
Miscellaneous
Modern Telephone Recordings
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