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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Home Data Line (was: Data Interruption by Operator)
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Date: 5 Feb 91 15:08:30 GMT
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In article <16689@accuvax.nwu.edu>, john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
writes:

> Few people in our society can deal with the notion that someone would
> have a telephone and not give ANYONE the number.

Back when I was going to Berkeley someone accidentally gave out the #
of the payphone outside the door instead of their own. They got a lot
of calls, and some of the store's regulars would take to answering the
phone in "interesting" ways after "Pay Phone" and "Wrong Number" wore
off. "AT&T security, hold for a trace please" was one of the more
memorable ones. I used a number of them a couple of years later when
telemarketers started running up our dial-out modem banks. Answering
with the name of the company calling always got a reaction, too. They
don't do that much any more. Wonder why?


(peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com)