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From: jjchew@utcs.UUCP (John Chew)
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Subject: Re: Toronto ringback number?
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 16:02:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 16:02:08 1984
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In old exchanges, it used to be the case that if you dialled 4109x and
then hung up, the phone would start ringing long rings (length proportional
to x) with short pauses.

Another thing to try is the old high-school "Let's freak out all the people
standing in the subway station next to the phone booths" trick of dialling
57 followed by the last five digits of your number, or 577 followed by the
last four.  This makes the phone hang up, at which point you click the
switch-hook, dial a number (traditionally 6), and then hang up again to
start it ringing.

By the way, does anyone know why these work and what they are supposed to be
for?  And how about loop numbers...

                                          John J. Chew
                                          (.. utcs!jjchew)