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From: KOSSACKB@ricevm1.rice.edu (Jordan Kossack)
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Subject: Re: Annoying Intercept Behavior
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Date: 14 Jul 90 20:59:39 GMT
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On 12 Jul 90, jbaltz@cunixe.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B. Altzman) says:

- I don't know if pay phones fit in this category, but in at least three
- other states (PA, NJ, and NY), if you dial a number without putting in
- the correct amount of change, you get two or three rings, and *then* a
- voice says "deposit xx more cents".

- This is both now and in the days of the AT&T/Ma Bell monopoly.

     This is not entirely true. I was in Rockland County, NY last
month [ 914 / NYNEX ] and I was trying to make a call from one town to
another, both in Rockland. Anyway, I dropped a quarter in a pay-phone
and dialed the number. After two or three rings, my quarter is
returned and I get a message to the effect of "please deposit
forty-five cents." OK, so I drop the two bits back in, add two dimes
and redial the number. After the obligatory two or three rings, my
$0.45 is returned and I get the same "please deposit ..."  message. I
grab the change from the return slot and pump it back into the fone
... lo and behold, I am finally connected to the other party.

I agree with leichter@lrw.com (JERRY LEICHTER):

>Why would anyone set up intercepts this way?


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