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From: gnd@tetons.UUCP (Greg Darnell)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: How can I restrict outgoing phone calls? (2nd try)
Message-ID: <781@tetons.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 18:36:49 GMT
References: <778@tetons.UUCP> <21001@genrad.UUCP> <1989May18.042535.9003@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: Amdahl Corp., Rexburg, ID
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In article <1989May18.042535.9003@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> In article <21001@genrad.UUCP> cah@genrad.UUCP (Chris A. Heitmann) writes:
> >...If you do what you say, disable the keypad, they
> >can still make calls anywhere they want with a hand held dialer (assuming
> >that you have tone service)...
> 
> And if they're deft, they can make calls anywhere they want even if you
> *don't* have tone service, by rapidly pulsing the hookswitch (the switch

I agree there are many ways to get around disabling the dialing method.
Somebody with a Dick Tracy (Casio) phone dialing watch, or a little
dialer, or with fast fingers, or with a computer with a modem with an 
external speaker they hold up to the phone.  Hell, why not plug in your
own phone if it's modular!  My point, which I should have made clear in
the first posting, was to stop the casual phone thief, just as an auto
or home burglar alarm may only deter the amateur burglar.  And to do
this for less than $370 plus $5/month.  Unfortunately, our telco does
not offer local-only service; even if you have no long distance carrier,
in-state calls (which can be just as expensive as long distance) can 
still be made.
  Any new ideas?

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