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From: hughes@math.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Hughes)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: How to Hack Payphones (?!)
Keywords: hack, payphone
Message-ID: <25537@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 16 Jun 89 17:18:32 GMT
References: <3838@mit-amt>
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In-reply-to: rdsnyder@mit-amt (Ross D. Snyder)

In article <3838@mit-amt>, rdsnyder@mit-amt (Ross D Snyder) writes:
>Also, since the single-slot DTF paystations are connected to ACTS (stands for
>some combination of automatic/automated coin toll/telephone service/system;
>telco personnel are so reliant on acronyms that even they usually don't know
>exactly what the acronyms stand for and will make something up if you ask.),

ACTS stands for Automated Coin Toll Service.  (The correct one out of eight
choices ;-).

Eric Hughes
hughes@math.berkeley.edu   ucbvax!math!hughes