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In article <92351.234433J58QC@CUNYVM.BITNET> BANNERJEE BEENA <J58QC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
>     I was wondering are there any differences between a regular phone line and
>a pay phone line besides that one is a pay phone loop. I mean in voltages and
>current. I am asking this because I purchased a Fortress Phone from a junkyard
>($50 bucks.) and I wanted to connect it up at home. I have tried a bit but When
>I connect the ring and tip to a pair of pads which are marked R T I only
>hear a dial tone with the off hook switch in the 3/4 position and like that I
>hear a tone in the backround. This is a rotary phone. Any one that has every
>connected up a pay phone I would like to speak to. Thanks.

Aside from the coin collection signalling, payphone lines are electrically
the same as regular ones.  At least my experience has been that connecting
regular phones to a pay phone line works just fine.  You can call 800 numbers
using the regular phone, and bill other calls collect or with a calling card.
Incoming calls cause the regular phone to ring as normal on the pay phone
line.  

Steve Forrette, stevef@wrq.com