roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) (09/25/90)
After reading about COCOTs for quite a while on this group, it
eventually occurred to me that various people seem to know a lot about
the details of what COCOTs are and aren't allowed to do, but I was
basically in the dark. What to do? I opened my phone book and
started leafing through the front pages, looking for COCOT info, but
none was to be found.
Next, I dialed the operator and asked for the tariff on
Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephones. She gave me to directory
assistance, who gave me the number for the coin phone business office,
who gave me an 800 number (she thought it was NYNEX, but wasn't sure,
I think it ended up being NYTel). At some point in this chain, to one
of the people who sounded like they weren't sure where to send me, I
suggested (in a helpful sounding way), "Is the Public Utilities
Commission the right place to ask?", but this seemed to get her
flustered. I guess PUC is a dirty word to telco folks. Anyway, the
800 folks told me (after going off-line for a minute) that I could
either see the tariff at the library, or I could write away for it, no
charge. I figured other people might find the address useful
(probably just for NYTel-land?), so here it is:
CCMI/McGraw Hill (anybody know what CCMI stands for?)
50 South Franklyn Turnpike
Ramsey, NJ 07446
P.S. I did find something funny and/or interesting in the phone book, under
the heading "About Telephone Sales Calls". It says:
Many people enjoy receiving telephone calls at home from
companies [yes, it really says that! RHS] offering them information
about products or services that they may need or want. When you
receive a telephone sales call:
1) Find out who is calling.
2) If you think you may be interested but want to know more,
ask the caller to mail information about the offer.
3) If you are not interested, just cut in and say so.
4) If you don't want to get another call from that company,
ask the person to take your name off the company's list.
If you want to reduce the number of your at-home telephone
solicitations calls from national companies, write to:
Telephone Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
6 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
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Of the list above, number three seems to be the one people
have the most trouble with. What's so hard about a polite "No thank
you, we're not interested" and hanging up? dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson) (09/30/90)
In article <12682@accuvax.nwu.edu>, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: > CCMI/McGraw Hill (anybody know what CCMI stands for?) > 50 South Franklyn Turnpike > Ramsey, NJ 07446 CCMI stands for Center for Communications Management, Inc. They are a publisher, and were acquired by McGraw Hill a few years ago. They are in the business of maintaining an up-to-date database of all telephony tariffs, throughout the country. They publish them on paper, on diskette, and probably in other ways, including a dial-in on-line service. The last time I looked, however, their service is not free. You pay for their services. Their telephone number is (201) 825 3311.