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curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch) writes:
>In sci.electronics, mdk@col.hp.com (Mark Keisling) writes:
>> What will you people do if someone calls from a payphone?

>In interesting fact for Caller ID users that few people seem
>to know:
>    Pay phones usually have a 9 as the middle digit of their
>    number.  e.g. 238-9123.

Maybe that is why my phone bill has always been so high, as my home phone
number also has a '9' in the 4th digit!  ;-} ;-} ;-}

I also know of at least two other non-pay_phones that have a '9' as the 4th 
digit, so I would certainly not rely on using that as a positive indication 
that the caller is at a pay phone!

Just thought I would point this out before someone designs their automatic
caller-id phone system to flag all "4th digit '9's" as pay-phones. Thanx.

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