[comp.dcom.telecom] Ship to Shore Ripoff?

Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil> (05/30/90)

In the news (and not just locally Philadelphia etc.) this week was a
cruise ship which got stuck on a sand bar off Cumberland County, NJ in
the Delaware Bay.  After the passengers were evacuated, word came from
them (reaching me via KYW news-radio in Phila.) that it wasn't all one
big happy pary on board.

Among the things they were irate about was being charged $15 a minute to
call anxious relatives.  Also, a line formed at the single phone available.