Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu (e118 student) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Pay phones that disable the keypad Message-ID: Date: 18 Mar 89 01:39:55 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 15 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 96, message 5 of 9 I've run into the same problem with pay phones operated by AT&T (their blue phones that don't take coins or cards). It infuriates me. I can see no legitimate purpose in disabling the keypad. One "800" number I frequently use is to my bank's computer, to see if a check or deposit has cleared. The experience with the AT&T phones has been mostly in Calif., but they seem to have changed their mind, at least in some areas. Personally, if I can possibly help it, I use no pay phone other than a genuine Pacific Bell. --Linc Madison = e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu I have no connection to any company, except for the little brown phone rumored to be hiding under the pile of stuff on my floor.