It used to, but the telcos changed that realllly quickly. You also used to be able to get access to a test line by blowing a toy whistle into the receiver. Security through obscurity!
On 7/1/2011 12:06 PM, G Money wrote: > One part of that movie I always loved as a kid was when Broderick's > character makes a phone call from the phone booth without using a > quarter...remember that? He unscrews the mouth piece on the phone, picks up > an old pop top, touches it to something inside the handset...and gets a dial > tone. > > Remember that? > > I always wondered if that actually works or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339721 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
