Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: ulysses!smb@research.att.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Disabled keypads Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 89 15:05:51 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 5 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 102, message 1 of 10 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that some pay phones disabled the keypad as a side-effect. The intent was a polarity reversal on the line, as I recall; that in turn will have the effect of disabling the keypad on older phones. I don't think there's any attempt to keep you from further dialing (the COCOTs being a notable exception, of course).