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Here is a list of some Toronto (area 416) numbers that can use tones to
access various information services...

947.3333 - Dial a Law - get (unofficial) Canadian legal advice on various stuff

393.7911 - Gray Coach - Toronto bus information schedules/fares

366.8411 - VIA Rail - train schedules/fares - unlike Gray Coach, you can
           get info on return trips as well

778.5555 - Tele Personals - personal and 'companion' ads, ranging from tame
           to ultra-perverted. Chat line available, men get charged a small
           fee by the minute, women go on free at last report (due to woman
           shortage).

393.4636 - Toronto Transit Commission just installed their own touch tone
           service. They seem to have a botch-up so far as one can dial,
           get the initial welcome that invites touch tone users to press
           their keys for general information. However, trying to get an
           operator after this can result in a busy signal after you connect
           with the initial welcome. Pay phone users must love this one.
           (and I got the busy signals just after rush hour at that...)

           Tonight, I noticed that the touch tone service on the TTC's
           info number was not in effect. Perhaps this is just
           experimental, or for peak times only.

238.1010 - Talking Yellow Pages - there are a number of these popping up
           in various cities - check your phone books for one near you.


|| djcl@contact.uucp  / David Leibold