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From: johns@scroff.uk.sun.com (John Slater)
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Subject: Re: What Kind of Switch is This?
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Date: 12 Sep 90 14:15:52 GMT
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In article <12017@accuvax.nwu.edu>, asd@mtqua.att.com (Adam Denton)
writes:

|> One time when I was in Hauppauge (right next to Central Islip), and
|> just for fun, I tried 234-9902 (actually it may have been 582-9902).
|> Surprise!  I got the most bizarre tone I have ever heard on a phone
|> line.  I figured it was some kind of funky second dial tone, so I
|> dialed some more digits.  I waited, and someone came on the line and
|> said (in an annoyed voice):

|>    "You are dialing on the INTERCOM!  If you don't know what you are
|>     doing, PLEASE read the INSTRUCTIONS!!"

|> and then they hung up.  So I guess you can dial the CO intercom system
|> from outside the switch!  Maybe some day, I'll call up one day and
|> have a nice chat with some of the CO personnel.  Maybe...  :-)

The number is definitely 516-582-9902. After the above article, I
couldn't resist dialling, even at transatlantic rates. I got a
peculiar tone (a bit like UK ringing tone), then silence. I said
"Hello" a few times and heard nothing. I decided to hang on for a
while, intermittently humming to myself and saying "hello". After
about thirty seconds a *very* irritated voice came on the line and
said "What do you want?!".  Rather than irritate him further, I hung
up. I guess it's a fairly stupid idea to have a dial-in intercom
system in the first place, so my sympathy level is low.


John Slater
Sun Microsystems UK, Gatwick Office