Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 23:51:44 GMT From: gypsy@silver.lcs.mit.edu (The Gypsy) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Hook Tapping Message-ID: Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 472, Message 1 of 11 Lines: 22 "Hook Tapping" can be used in most (all?) areas to dial a telephone - by imitating a 'pulse-dial' telephone. You simply 'tap' down the 'hook' for a brief second (much less than a second actually) the number of times required to produce a 'digit.' Example ... if you wanted to dial the operator (0), you would simple 'tap' the 'hook' (to hang-up the phone temporarily) 10 times quickly. You can dial a normal telephone number in this way, stopping for a brief period in between each completed 'digit' of the number. This process, of course, does take a bit of practice to do, as the timing of the whole thing is highly important. While trying to dial a 0 for example, you might pause just a bit too long after 5 'taps' - resulting in the telephone company believing that you dialed 5 5 - instead of 0 (10 clicks). To my knowledge, it works anywhere that you could use a normal, 'old,' pulse-dial telephone (which is pretty much anywhere). The Gypsy [gypsy@silver.lcs.mit.edu (18.52.0.230)]