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- From : Phiz 23 Jan 95
- Subj : Red Box Help
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- Okay, here is some helpful info, pass it to everyone, share the wealth...
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- Local calls: You cannot just dial the # then insert money.
- You must insert money FIRST! Because all local calls cost the same. Problem
- is that the dial-tone, mutes out the red-box tones...
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- Method 1: Hit 0
- You:"Mrs.Operator could you dial a number for me, please?"
- Operator"<either does or says:> Why?
- You: "This keypad has been vandalized"
- Operator: "OK <dials #> That'll be 25 cents"
- You: "<25cents worth of tones>"
- Operator"Thank you" or "Go away you redboxing little creep"
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- The operators in MY area have caught on to this above method (#1)
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- Method 2 Dial 411
- OPerator: "City pleas?"
- You: "<City Name>"
- OPerator: "Name?"
- You: "<name>"
- OPerator: "Thank-you"
- <You get mechanical voice telling you the #, then it says "Deposit XX cents to
- have the # dialed for you>
- You: "Mournful of the extra money you're paying deposit enough Quarter(tones)
- to cover the charge>
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- Method #3
- The government makes pay-phone owners let the CUSTOMER decide what LD carrier
- they want to use. So, find the access code to some LD carriers( you know like
- 10ATT...) and dial the number (With area code) SOme will reconize this as a
- local call, some won't, experiment.
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- (I haven't done the above (#3) personally.
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- Long Distance
- Dial 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
- Wait for Mr.Phone to say "Deposit XX cents" Pay with quarter tones
- (I've found that paying with actual Quarter tones work best, you CAN program
- 29 *'s and send them, but it dosen't ALWAYS work.)
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- Hope this helps...
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