adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin) (04/10/90)
IMR Telecom, based in Waltham, Mass., has installed 600 pay phones around Massachusetts from which you can call anywhere in the country for 25 cents a minute. ``There isn't a better buy out there,'' IMR President Tom Biggins said in a press release. ``Calling long distance from our pay phones is cheaper than calling from your home or office. For a quarter, customers can call Springfield, Mass. or Springfield, Ill. It is simply the best buy in the telecommunications market today.'' The company apparently has contracts with Christy's (a chain of convenience stores), Sears, Filene's, Showcase Cinemas and some colleges and universities, and Biggins says that if the state DPU agrees to allow intra-LATA competition this spring, it will start local service for just 10 cents a call. Since several of these phones are in my paper's circulation area (why, the Mr. Donut on Rte. 9 in Wellesley has two of them!), I'll be writing about this. Does anybody know anything about this company, or this type of operation? Any help would most appreciated! Thanks! Adam Gaffin Middlesex News, Framingham, Mass. adamg@world.std.com Voice: (508) 626-3968 Fred the Middlesex News Computer: (508) 872-8461