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From: ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!Allyn@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Reinstalling Dial-type Coin Phones
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I heard this on NPR (National Public Radio) this morning...

US West is replacing DTMF coin phones with dial-type coin phones in
certain neighborhoods that have a lot drug-dealing activity.  Why?
The dial-type phones prevent the use of paging systems (i.e. can't
punch in the call back phone number).

Details are sketchy since I didn't hear the whole report.  Sounds a
bit far-fetched to me.  Also, I was surprised that US West had any dial
coin phones left!

Did anyone else hear this report?


Allyn Lai
allyn@cup.portal.com