FLINTON@wesleyan.bitnet (Fred E.J. Linton) (10/18/89)
I post the attached because I failed thrice when trying to reply directly to Mark Holtz (Wesleyan depends on well-connected UUCP mailers in the big wide world). Forgive, please, this trespass. > From: mholtz@sactoh0.uucp (Mark A. Holtz) > I am kinda wondering. . . . is there still some areas in this country > that still have payphones for a dime? Well, yes, New Haven (CT) is one such place; so is Middletown (CT). -- Fred ARPA/Internet: FLINTON@eagle.Wesleyan.EDU Bitnet: FLINTON@WESLEYAN[.bitnet] from uucp: ...!{research, mtune!arpa, uunet}!eagle.Wesleyan.EDU!FLinton on ATT-Mail: !fejlinton Tel.: + 1 203 776 2210 (home) OR + 1 203 347 9411 xt 2249 (work) Telex: <USA> + 15 122 3413 FEJLINTON CompuServe ID: 72037,1054 (OR, maybe, 72037.1054@CompuServe.COM ) F-Net (guest): linton@inria.inria.fr OR ...!inria.inria.fr!linton
tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) (10/21/89)
I have been out of town for a while, and found a 10-cent pay phone.
North Bilerica, MASS seems to have them. I found one right at the
remains of the station there. (They don't take very good care of
their stations up there. Shame on them.)
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[Moderator's Note: That seems to be the case everywhere. The Lawrence
Avenue CTA station in Chicago is absolutely the *pits*. Ceiling falling
in, and total filth. The Amtrack Union Station downtown is bad also. PT]c152-ft@cory.berkeley.edu (Steve Forrette) (10/27/89)
Last time I checked (year or so ago), Roseville Telephone (near Sacramento, CA) still charged 10 cents for local calls. An interesting corollary is that Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights, CA, happens to straddle the service boundary between Roseville Telephone and the *real* telephone company (Pacific Bell) - so, local calls cost 20 cents at the south end of the mall and 10 cents at the north!
wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (10/29/89)
For a LONG time, and maybe still today, Wapaconeta {sp} OH, a small
burg south of Toledo, had a 5 cent payphone. This town's claim to fame
was being Neil Armstrong's birthplace. It seem to me the telco said
they got enough dimes and quarters already that they didn't need to
change the phone out.
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