John Bruner <bruner@csrd.uiuc.edu> (05/06/91)
I just returned from a week in southern California. The hotel in which I stayed provided AT&T long-distance from the rooms with no surcharge, which was great. However, at one point I needed to use a payphone on the premises to place a long-distance call. I discovered that they were all COCOT's "served" by ITI, and they all refused to accept any long-distance carrier access codes. Isn't this a violation of California law -- aren't all payphones, both real utility phones and COCOT monsters, required to provide access to all carriers? If so, could someone send me a citation of the appropriate statute? I'd like to write a letter to the manager of the hotel suggesting that they pressure the owners of the COCOT's (who rented the payphone spaces under a long-term agreement with the hotel) into cleaning up their act. John Bruner Center for Supercomputing R&D, University of Illinois bruner@csrd.uiuc.edu (217) 244-4476