cantor@LEHIGH.DEC (Dave C., 289-1997, APO-1/C8) (12/21/85)
During my recent vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, I noticed that some pay telephones (run by Centel) are set up to allow MCI to be accessed by depositing ten cents and dialing 22# and GTE Sprint by depositing ten cents and dialing 77#. Dave C.
Ralph.Hyre@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU (12/30/85)
In article <8512201911.AA07574@decwrl.DEC.COM> you write: >During my recent vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, I noticed that >... some pay telephones ... are set up to allow MCI to be accessed by >depositing ten cents... Do you get your dime back after dialing? If not how does this company get away with charging when the operating companies do it for free. (They's be charging for it by now if they weren't being forced, I presume.) After all, we're paying 'long distance access charges' to allegedly support the cost of connecting the local operating company with the various long distance carriers. (I know access charges are really being used to prevent bypass, but that's another discussion.) -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@c.cs.cmu.edu (cmu-cs-c.arpa) Usenet: ralphw@mit-eddie.uucp Fido: Ralph Hyre at Net 129, Node 0 (Pitt-Bull) Phone: (412)578-2847,578-3275
telecom@ucbvax.UUCP (01/02/86)
References: <504808837.Ralph.Hyre@ius2.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> <8512201911.AA07574@decwrl.DEC.COM> Cc: Bcc: I was recently in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (the skiing was great, by the way), and you had to deposit 40 cents in the pay phone to make a AT&T credit card call. Doesn't this partially defeat one of the purposes of using a credit card, which is to avoid having to carry a pocket full of change? Here in Somerville, Mass, you can even use a credit card to avoid the 10 cent coin deposit on local calls from a pay phone. -------