Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Paul Colley Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Coin Station Fraud Using External Ground Message-ID: <6193@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 12:07:42 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 242, Message 2 of 9 In article <6166@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Higdon writes: >Paul Colley writes: >> I have a friend who can pulse-dial phone numbers by rapidly tapping >> the hang-up button. >I would like to see him do this at pay phones. For one thing, why >bother? Use the TT pad; it works with or without coins being deposited >in dial tone first phones. I guess we're kind of primitive up here; Touch-Tone pay phones are relatively recent... (i.e., only common in the last 5-7 years, as I recall) There may be a correlation here; it was 1984 when we originally had the discussion, which perhaps I should have mentioned in my post. The next time I see him I'll try to remember to ask if he's done this at a pay phone recently. Paul Colley Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Canada pacolley@violet.waterloo.edu or .ca