Carl Wright <wright@ais.org> (04/25/91)
My apologies to John, but he hates COCOTS so much that this applies. My latest issue of <On The Line> from the California Payphone Association has the following advertisement: TECHNICIANS NEEDED FOR ENFORCEMENT TESTING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA * Each visit will be paid. * The average inspection takes 20 minutes. * Visits can be worked into the daily schedule. CALL 415-614-7607. Also present is an article which I quote: ENFORCEMENT TEST TO EXPAND TECHNICIANS SOUGHT THROUGHOUT STATE Enforcement testing will be expanded shortly throughout California. Technicians from all over the state are needed to help carry out the testing. Each visit takes about 20 minutes, and can be worked into the regular daily schedule. CPA (California Payphone Association) will pay for each technician visit. If you are interested in participating, please call Pam Stamer at 415-614-7607. CPA expanded its program of enforcement testing into the LA area in January. In the Bay Area test region the problems are primarily incomplete signage. In LA, CPA technicians are finding much more overcharging for local calls, blocking, and not allowing free access. As in the northern part of the state, vendors found not in compliance are given notice to correct the tariff violation by a certain date to avoid disconnection. Vendors are receiving the test positively. Most recognize the value of running phones well and being in compliance. <End quote> [Personal note: Almost no one thinks of themselves as the bad guys. WE all have reasons. I'm glad to see the side where the COCOTS are good along with the side where they are bad. It's an interesting newsletter. It lists all the names and phone numbers of the member payphone operators. I get it free. I don't know why. I must have gotten on the right list.] Carl Wright | Lynn-Arthur Associates, Inc. Internet: wright@ais.org | 2350 Green Rd., #160 Voice: 1 313 995 5590 EST | Ann Arbor, MI 48105