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From: nickless@flash.ras.anl.gov (Bill B40417 2-7390)
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Subject: Re: Lower Hotel Charges
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Regarding pressing '#' to get a second dial tone from an IXC:

If you accidently dial into a modem line, and the modem answers, the
octothorpe detector may be disabled along with the echo cancellers.  I
observed this behavior on AT&T between Montana and Chicago.

Two frequently dialed numbers differ only in the transposition of the
final two digits.  One is the office of a colleague, and the other is
a modem pool.  I accidently dialed the modem, and was unable to avoid
hanging up and re-entering the AT&T Universal Card number while the
modem tones were active.


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