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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Toronto ringback number?
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 12:09:57 EST
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Thanks to everybody who replied about ringback numbers; I think all the
specific suggestions appeared in followups at one point or another, so
I don't need to post the one or two bits of private mail I got about it.
On the 967- exchange, this is the one that works:

	Dial 57x-xxxx, where x-xxxx is last five digits of your number.
	You'll get dial tone back immediately.
	Depress the hookswitch (that the receiver normally rests on)
		for a fraction of a second (not just a quick blip, but
		a very short pause with it depressed).
	After a couple of seconds, the dial tone gives way to an odd tone.
	Hang up.
	The phone will ring.
	Pick it up; you'll hear the same odd tone.
	Hang up, and things are back to normal.

A couple of folks reported problems getting things back to normal!  I had
no problem with this, but they indicated that the recipe is to leave the
phone off the hook for a long pause before hanging up.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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