G.WISNER@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Bill Wisner) (05/19/88)
A certain COCOT design once prevalent in the Boise, ID area (and undoubtedly elsewhere) had a bug whereby if one 'clicked' the switchhook at just the right moment, the phone would be spoofed into thinking it had been paid when actually it hadn't. Needless to say, this design didn't stay prevalent very long. (The three such phones I knew of were hastily replaced by standard issue Mountain Bell pay phones.) ..b -------