Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: ucla-an!denwa!jimmy@seas.ucla.edu (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Pay phones that disable the keypad Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 89 16:55:40 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Organization: Info Connections, West Los Angeles Lines: 20 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 2 of 10 In article , prindle@NADC.ARPA (Frank Prindle) writes: > Naturally, you-guessed-it, the 800 call > went through, then the keypad went dead. The call could not be placed. My business partner has just reported that this behavior is standard practice on AT&T-operated COCOTS. When he called to complain, they explained that this was to prevent him from using other carriers. Well, isn't that nice. And so thanks to AT&T, he was unable to check his voice mail or make any other calls that require the caller to enter tones. -- Jim Gottlieb E-Mail: or or V-Mail: (213) 551-7702 Fax: 478-3060 The-Real-Me: 824-5454 [Moderator's Note: AT&T's voice-mail version of AT&T Mail has noted this problem in the instruction manual, and advises placing calls through the operator -- even though its an 800 number -- when calling their service. PT]