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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 02:56:18 GMT
- From: edg@netcom.com (Ed Greenberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: AOS Payphones @#$%%%$#
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 920, Message 1 of 11
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- > [Moderator's Note: Well, genuine Bell payphones don't seem to have
- > those problems, and they are routed through a variety of carriers
- > where credit card and collect billing is concerned, although they all
- > default to AT&T for coin calls. Maybe the COCOTS could start using a
- > little better software. I am not sympathetic. PAT]
-
- My brother-in-law has recently gone into the business of selling
- COCOTs! (That's what brothers-in-law are for, don't you know.) While
- I want my wife's brother to make money, I cringe every time he tells
- me how much business he's doing, since each sale represents one more
- place from which I can't make a phone call. :-) I told him so, of
- course.
-
- Torre tells me that he can now, in California, obtain a "Coin Line"
- from Pacific Bell. This line has the following features, detailed
- discussion of which leads me to believe that Torre is telling the
- truth, and even understands it :-)
-
- * Pacific Bell operator collect and return.
- * Pacific Bell/AT&T coin calling with standard Pacific Bell call
- costing.
- * Subscription to the operator service of your choice (Torre's phones
- typically are subscribed to AT&T or MCI. Having been burned himself, he
- does not sell sleazy AOS service.)
- * No computer in the phone.
- * No need to cut off the keypad.
- * Uses standard Western Electric coin phone.
- * This one is amazing: Pacific Bell 611 (repair) service with
- Email/Fax dispatch of the coin phone provider's serviceperson.
-
- Torre states that he uses these lines for high traffic phones, and
- uses more traditional COPT lines (not POTS lines) for lower traffic
- areas. The coin lines are about $250.00 to put in and about
- $55/month, although they carry free local calling (owner keeps the
- 20c)
-
- Is this service news, or an I only the last to hear about it?
-
-
- Edward W. Greenberg | Home: +1 408 283 0511 | edg@netcom.com
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