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From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: Sports Stadium Use of a "Dedicated" Phone
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Date: 19 Oct 90 12:28:29 GMT
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> a ring-down line, like an FX line, is an overkill unless you keep it
> loaded at all times and can justify the savings over DDD

	When I was a kid growing up in New York (1960's) there were
green boxes on lamp posts containg phones with which you could call
the police.  You didn't have to dial, just lift the handset.  Anybody
know exactly what these were?  Leased ring-down lines from NYTel or
private wires actually owned by the police department?  And where did
they ring-down to?  The nearest precinct house, or some pre-911
central location?

	On another topic, I notice everbody using the term "slamming"
to refer to unauthorized changing of default long distance carrier.
Is that a standard term, or is it just TELECOM Digest vernacular?


Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
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roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu -OR- {att,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy


[Moderator's Note: We had some of those here also, along with the
non-speaking kind where you simply pulled down on a little lever
inside the box. You'd hear it start 'whirring' inside as it sent a
pre-programmed code to the nearest police/fire station.  They were
supplied by the local telco.  PAT]