dl@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (08/06/89)
For a long time, in the 216 (and some other areas, too) 200+7d got you the ANI
computer that read you back the assignment of the pair you were on. The
exception was if the 7d you dialed was correct, it just beeped. This let the
installer confirm the pair he had picked was the correct one.
Recently Ohio Bell changed the code to be 200+ some secret 7d, and let the
troops know that revealing the secret was cause to be terminated. Do any
Digest readers have ideas on the logic behind the policy {if any;-{)
If OBT felt they were helping out those folks installing 'foreign equipment' on
THEIR pairs, why didn't they just make a tariff for it, and charge for it?
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