Gary Delong <delong@ctron.com> (04/07/91)
At this time I am assisting our local PBS station setup for their auction by installing the wireing and jacks for almost 50 phones. Two of them are going to be in a public area so that people can call into the auction. Those two lines have been ordered as toll restricted, however because they are "business" lines, the PBS station will be billed for ALL calls. Does anyone have any ideas how I can reduce the potential for misuse of these phones? In the past I have encountered telephones (with no dial) that when picked up dialed a pre-defined number. Any info out there on where one can obtain a couple of these and what kind of price I might be looking at? Or, would some of you close to southern NH be willing to lend us a couple in exchange for on-air credit? BTW: Its Channel 11, New Hampshire Public Television. Gary gdelong@ctron.com [Moderator's Note: I would suggest you just order a couple of ring-down lines from telco ... when they go off hook, they automatically start ringing at the other end, where they terminate in the ACD (to in turn get passed out to the call-takers on the floor as available) or on a phone on the desk of one of the call-takers, etc. That would prevent any calls from those phones at all except calls coming specifically to you. No need to take chances, and ring-downs would not be that expensive for a few days connected locally. You see a lot of phones like this in airports at the car rental and hotel reservation courtesy stations. PAT]