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andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman) writes:

> DON'T TRY THIS METHOD NOW - IT WON'T WORK!!!!

    I'm not sure if this was a stab at trying to prevent abuse or not...
But it does still work.  Just make sure you don't make it a long-standing
habit.  Ma Bell does keep records of which pay phones they need to watch
(and they will)...  5 years or 50,000 dollars...  (Or is it more?)

    Anyway, the punch method (sticking a paper clip in mouthpiece)
often ruins the mouthpiece so you can't talk.  Nice work.  The new
high tech criminal method - bring a tape recorder and tape the sound
(couple clicks) of when you drop your money in.  Then, the next time
you want to call somewhere, take out your tape recorder, drop in a
*nickel* (bypasses the ground test done on the money - use a nickel
because the call will only cost you .05), then playback the clicking
money sounds. There's one short click for the nickel, two shorts
for a dime, and a long for a quarter.  (I don't remember frequencies
etc right now...)

    Some new phones block the clicks from being heard on the earpiece.
If this is the case, you can easily make your PC generate the clicks
for you to record.  Or find a phone that does let you hear them.

        (No disclaimer, the Gestapo reads that as "intent".  But
be considerate.  Don't make the pay phone rates go up.)

> 	Andy

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