rp321@uiucuxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU (11/11/85)
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If you live in an area that has relatively modern central-office equipment,
all you have to do is leave your phone on the hook for over 15 seconds and
the calling party will get disconnected from your line.
This applies to all CO's other than step-by-step, which are very old and
cannot accept Touch-Tone phones (one way of telling). The other way
of telling is to call a friend and have 'em hang up for 15-18 seconds.
None the less, those machines do suck.
Gary
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In some areas, step-by-step exchanges have been outfitted with Touch-Tone
decoders. You can tell you're on one of these if it takes forever to
establish a connection after rapidly dialing a number. Sometimes, you can
also hear dial pulses in the background as the machinery does its work.
Russell J. Price
University of Illinois
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