yazz@prodnet.la.locus.com (Bob Yazz) (02/07/91)
I ran into a new pair of COCOT's the other day that said "AT&T is the carrier" very promininently. No one here will be shocked that when I dialed 0 + the long distance number, the electronic voice said "Telesphere". 10288 didn't work, of course. I called AT&T at 800/222-0300 and started out with "I'd like to report an act of fraud against AT&T." The woman I spoke with was happy to hear from me. She was in NJ and said that as of the first of the year it was illegal for a payphone to deny you your choice of long distance carriers. People had come down from Pennsylvania [I might have the two states reversed here] to tell everyone in her office about the pending lawsuit that AT&T was filing, so it seemed serious to her. She took all the information I could give her. It's great to see someone with big legal guns going after the COCOT slimeys. Anyone have any confirming stories? Bob Yazz -- yazz@lccsd.sd.locus.com